The official travel and tourism guide of Prague. Kutna Hora Day Trip from Prague. Lecture on Mucha and Art Nouveau. [This lecture by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC (now Vancouver Island University), is part of the Liberal Studies Abroad curriculum associated with the trip to Prague in July 2004. This document is in the public domain and may be used by anyone, in whole or in part, without permission and without charge, provided the source is acknowledged—released March 2004] Some Preliminary Observations “If anyone is destined to become an artist and follows this career led by a mysterious and irresistible force, then it is Mucha. . . .
He submits without argument, as he himself says, to the commands of this watchful, protective force which propels him through life as if he were sleepwalking, placing before his feet at decisive moments the stops to success.” (Victor Champier, quoted Mucha 95) Early Life and Career The major details of Mucha’s early life can be summarized fairly quickly. The Bernhardt Connection All this changed overnight in December 1894. Art Nouveau. Art Nouveau in Prague. General presentation I would like to let you see my 7 favorite Art Nouveau buildings in Prague. If you are interested to carry on such a visit, you should know that there is much more to see. The Art Nouveau/Jugendstil period (1898-1914) has seen tremendous builders. Some whole areas of the town were designed in the Art Nouveau/Jugendstil style. Once you are out of the inner center of the town, you will see that the general state of the buildings is painful.
The broken window panes, the tumbledown plaster, the Art Nouveau door handles replaced by standard ones... are certainly due to the communist inheritance. Prague in 1900 Situation Till 1918, Prague was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and nowdays it is the head city of the Czech republic, but from the second half of the XIXth century, a lot of independence movements have risen. Architecture The main architects are Ohmann (1858-1927), Bendelmeyer (1872-1932) and Kotera (1871-1923).
My top seven Hotel Central Hotel Europa Villa Henlenka. Museum. Tattoos, Through Time: A New Museum for Amsterdam. Ali MousaviThe opening of the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum. Amsterdam In Amsterdam, which claims to have the greatest number of museums per square mile in the world, few topics are left unexplored. There is a museum that delves into sex, another on war (or at least the Dutch resistance), and a museum dedicated, of course, to marijuana. Last fall, a museum opened with a focus on another topic that rarefied institutions generally avoid: tattoos.
Founded by the Dutch tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher, the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is dedicated to the art, history and preservation of tattoo culture. Occupying 21,000 square feet of two beautifully restored 19th-century buildings, the collection is a wide-ranging one that documents the history of tattooing, from the prehistoric era to the present day. Mr. “There’s really nothing else quite like it. Mr. The outcome is a proper 21st-century museum that has attracted 8,000 visitors in the two months since its opening in early November. Take a guided Amsterdam city bicycle tour. Amsterdam Style: Life at the Lloyd Hotel. During my recent visit to Amsterdam, I was the guest of the Lloyd Hotel and enjoyed a very comfortable bed and a delicious breakfast each morning in the central great room of the building. But, for me, the real treat was the tour given by one of the brains behind the hotel's beauty, Artistic Director Suzanne Oxenaar, as I snapped these pics of the quirky, homey, uber-welcoming interiors.
The Great Room at the Lloyd, open all day for food, drinks, socializing and shopping. The Lloyd Hotel has a long, unusual history: It began as a luxury hotel, then functioned as a sort of entry port for immigrants to stay upon arriving in Holland, changing to a holding center where members of the Resistance were imprisoned during the war, to a regular prison and then into the first reformatory/detention center for boys in the Netherlands, ending up in the 90s as low cost artist space.
The Library at the Lloyd, filled with art books for all to enjoy. The homey library, filled with art and design books. AMSTERDAM to PRAGUE by direct train | From 43 euros. Amsterdam to Prague by direct train... Hassle-free, no airports, no flights, and saves a hotel bill too! The best way to travel from Amsterdam (or Cologne) to Prague is by train. Every day, a direct high-quality City Night Line sleeper train runs from Amsterdam to Prague, also calling at Cologne & Dresden.
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