BOHEMIANS IN PRAGUE IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

• Authors: Roman Prahl
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article identifies certain elements of bohemianism, and its relevance to the development of the Prague art scene. It provides a brief outline of the artists’ movement in the 19th-century Prague and of its opposition to the local official art institutions. The development of bohemianism in the city was chiefly determined by the existence of a comparatively numerous community of local artists. Their manifestations of opposition corresponded with the overall frustration felt by this community, resulting from its awkward status on the fringe of society. Several reproductions of art works and related visual documents are supplemented, exemplifying certain radical gestures with which artists addressed the general public.

Keywords

EN

BOHEMIANISM; MOVEMENT; OPPOSITION; PRAGUE

• Publisher: Institute of History of Art, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ARS
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 143 – 154

Contributors

author

Roman Prahl

• Ústav pro dejiny umění, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha, Czech Republic