Content Consulting & Fine Art Photography
Content Consulting & Fine Art Photography
In the spring of 1968, Czechs had a brief taste of freedom. Liberal reforms had loosened the grip of Communism. Change was in the air. It didn’t last. Soviet tanks rolled across the border in August, crushing any hint of rebellion. Except in the hearts of citizens like Jan Palach,
Continue readingJan Palach Memorial, Wenceslas Square, Prague
When he wasn’t standing up to the Communist regime, ordering the redesign of military uniforms or ruling the Czech Republic, Václav Havel wrote plays. Good ones. This is a poster for The Garden Party.
Stanislav Sucharda’s Art Nouveau tribute to the Czech Father of the Nation lies in New Town, in Palacky Square. In addition to being a professor at the College of Applied Arts, Sucharda was a huge fan of Rodin. The figure of Palacky sits in the middle, carved in granite – as any
The story of the nosy church official… Rumor has it that the painter of the chapel fresco (I’ve seen it ascribed to Karel Skréta, Johann Kracker and a variety of other names) liked to work in privacy. One day he spotted a Jesuit church official peeking in on his progress.
Continue readingChapel Fresco, St. Nicholas Church, Malá Strana, Prague 3
There are a few St. Nicholas Churches kicking around Prague – here is the one in Malá Strana (the Lesser Quarter). Begun in 1704, this Baroque grandpapa took 51 years to complete. Neither the original architect, the Bavarian Christoph Dientzenhofer, nor his son Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, lived to see the finish. The
