Antonín Mendl, an Architect in a State of Tension Spanning Antiquity and Modernity

• Authors: Líbal Patrik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present article deals with the relationship between modern architects and classical architecture as far as both academic study and creative inspiration are concerned. This relationship is examined through the specific example of Professor Antonín Mendl. First of all, Mendl’s publication on Resafa is analysed and then a selection of his architectural activity is offered. On the basis of this analysis one can arrive at the conclusion that modern architecture was not in total contradiction to the historic or more precisely the classical model, but that in its fundamental principles modern architecture was based on the classical model.

Keywords

EN

Modernity; classical architecture; Antonín Mendl; Alois Musil; Resafa; Czech Technical University in Prague

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 151-158

Contributors

author

Líbal Patrik

• Gorgona, z. s. Šubertova 4, CZ-120 00 Praha 2