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Title Prague : the Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437 / edited by Barbara Drake Boehm and Jiri Fajt.

Imprint New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

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 GDL Brand Library Non-Fiction    709.4371 PRA    Available
Description xii, 366 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 32 cm.
Note Catalog to an exhibition being held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 20, 2005, to January 3, 2006, and at Prague Castle from February 16 to May 21, 2006.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-352) and index.
Contents Charles IV: toward a new imperial style / Jiří Fajt -- Charles IV: the realm of faith / Barbara Drake Boehm -- The circle of Charles IV ; The example of Prague in Europe / Robert Suckale, Jiří Fajt -- Prague as a new capital / Paul Crossley, Zoë Opačić -- Called to create: luxury artists at work in Prague / Barbara Drake Boehm -- The artistic culture of Prague Jewry / Vivian B. Mann -- Wenceslas IV / Barbara Drake Boehm, Jiří Fajt -- The beautiful style / Gerhard Schmidt -- The Hussite Revolution and sacred art / Jan Royt -- Sigismund, the last Luxembourg / Ernó Marosi.
Subject Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316-1378 -- Art patronage -- Exhibitions.
Art, Gothic -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Exhibitions.
Art, Medieval -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Boehm, Barbara Drake.
Fajt, Jiří.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Pražský hrad.
ISBN 1588391612 (hardcover)
1588391620 (pbk.)
030011138X (Yale University Press)

 
    
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