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Czech art is the visual and plastic arts that have been created in the Czech Republic and the various states that formed the Czech lands in the preceding centuries. The Czech lands have produced artists that have gained recognition throughout the world, including Alfons Mucha , widely regarded as one of the key exponents of the Art Nouveau ...
The movement was mainly fuelled by counter-cultural artists such as the art rock bands DG 307 and The Plastic People of the Universe (including the art historian and poet Ivan Martin Jirous) and by samizdat literati such as Egon Bondy, living a alcohol-fuelled Bohemian lifestyle and inspired also by banned US artists such as Andy Warhol and The ...
The Czech Republic has been home to many architectural jewels and renowned architects. Peter Parler's contributions to gothic Prague, Benedikt Rejt's late gothic deconstructivistic work, father and son Dietzenhofers' baroque works, Santini's unique baroque style, Fanta's and Polívka's Art Nouveau landmarks of the early 20th century Prague, Rondocubist attempts of Gočár and Janák at ...
The struggle for the soul of the nation: Czech culture and the rise of communism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004). Agnew, Hugh LeCaine. Origins of the Czech National Renascence (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994). Beck, Dennis C. "Setting the Stage for Revolution: The Efficacy of Czech Theatre, 1975–1989." Theatre Survey 44.2 (2003): 199–219.
In preserving the status quo, the Husák regime required conformity and obedience in all aspects of life. Czech and Slovak culture suffered greatly from the limitations on independent thought, as did the humanities, social sciences, and ultimately even natural sciences. Art had to adhere to a rigid formula of socialist realism. Soviet examples ...
Czech losses resulting from political persecution and deaths in concentration camps totaled between 36,000 and 55,000. The Jewish populations of Bohemia and Moravia (118,000 according to the 1930 census) were virtually annihilated.
In 2018 Slovakia was the 4th Czech trading partner (6.3%), [99] while the Czech Republic was the Slovak 2nd partner (11.5%). [100] There is an increasing number of Slovaks migrating to Czechia; currently it stands at around 215,000, [101] which in percentage terms is more than in the interwar period and less than in the Communist Czechoslovakia ...
Arts in Czechoslovakia (4 C) Czechoslovak awards (2 C, 1 P) B. ... Pages in category "Culture of Czechoslovakia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...