Understand the building that you are looking at
Villa Tugendhat (UNESCO) - Fascinating Story In the 1920's, Czechoslovakia was in what is now called the "First Republic". A time of wealth, creativity and boundary-pushing. No single place in the country is a better example of this period than…
Prague Brutalism Prague Brutalism can also be called post-Modernism. Pretty much everything after 1897 could be grouped under the term "Modernism" even though we have different and specific names for it in many European countries. It just marks the separation…
Prague Art Deco Architecture It should come as no surprise that "Arts Decoratifs" should begin in Paris and be recognised as an individual art form to be known as "Art Deco" in 1925. Of course the style of Decorative Art…
Prague Cubism Architecture In chronological order, Cubism should directly follow Art Nouveau but in reality they ran side by side for 10 years or so. Prague Cubism was a very short lived era starting in 1912 and finishing in 1924…
Prague Art Nouveau Prague has become synonymous with Art Nouveau even though in my experience people, at first glance, get Secessionist and Art Nouveau mixed up. In general, on the external side you can spot Prague Art Nouveau by looking…
Secessionist Prague Architecture What you now have to realize is that the last thousand years of design and architecture has been dominated either by Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance or Baroque, each holding for no less than 200 years apiece. That's a…
Baroque Prague Architecture Even though Prague is most associated with the modern era of Art Nouveau, it's greatest influence by far is Baroque. You don't just see Baroque Prague, you feel it, you touch it, you hear it. Baroque was…
Renaissance Prague Architecture The Prague Renaissance period saw a lot of social and technological change but it did not come with groundbreaking architectural design ideas as had been noted in the Romanesque and Gothic periods. It was more about artistic…
Gothic Prague Architecture Humanity has always sought out ways to improve and the Gothic Prague period was no exception. It took the basic rules of Romanesque design and applied the latest building techniques. The main differences between Romanesque and Gothic…
Romanesque Prague Architecture If you are from England then you can see examples of Romanesque architecture in most major cities. It's just that we don't call it Romanesque, we call it "Norman" so you are in the period after the…