Prague in Black and Gold

By - Demetz, Peter,

Floor - Floor 4

Published - Penguin Group 1997

ISBN 10 - 0713992182

ISBN 13 - 9780713992182

Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Czech Republic--Prague

Shelf No - 3

Call Number - 943.712 DEM

Physical Description - 411 pages

Notes - Includes index

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" ... Demetz begins with the intriguing myths about Prague's origins--told and retold by generations of artists--contrasting them with confirmed archaeological truths about the site's pre-Roman settlements. He weaves together the colorful strands of Prague's literary traditions (Latin, Czech, German, and Jewish) with the story of its scintillating political and cultural advances, and focuses on key moments in its multicultural life: under King Charles, when it was the capital of the Holy Roman Empire; in the turbulent years of the Hussite rebellion; under Emperor Rudolf II, during the Renaissance, when it was home to Europe's best rationalists and most famous occultists; in the time of Mozart; and in the ages of revolutionary nationalism and of T.G. Masaryk, heroic first president of Czechoslovakia. Throughout, Demetz shows how Czechs, Germans, Italians, and Jews hve lived and worked together in Prague for a thousand years ..."--Jacket.

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