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Perseus as Alter Ego of Ferdinand I

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Bažant J.
Studia Hercynia
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2016
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vol. 20
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issue 1
127-150
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The paper analyses three relief sculptures that decorate spandrels of the northern façade of the Prague Belvedere, which was built by Ferdinand I between 1538 and ca. 1550. Their uniqueness consists in that it is the first series inspired by the myth of Perseus in Renaissance architectural sculpture. We find here, from left to right: Perseus freeing Andromeda, Perseus turning Atlas into a rock by showing him the head of Medusa, and Pegasus creating a source of poetical inspiration. The monogram, FA (Ferdinand I and Anna, his wife) is the only inscription on this villa and it has a crucial role in the villa decoration. We may consider Perseus as alter ego of Ferdinand I.
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The Legend of Knidia Today

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Bažant J.
Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
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2017
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vol. 53
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issue 1-2
77-110
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This paper analyses the story about a young lover who left the semen mark on the marble statue of Knidia by Praxiteles. The findings are threefold. First, we show that the literal interpretation of this ancient story began in the seventies of the 20th century, in connection with a feminist re-evaluation of Western cultural tradition. Second, we argue that the ancient story cannot be taken at face value. The story of Knidia’s lover does not provide information either about the appearance and staging of this marble statue, or the way in which actual visitors behaved in its sanctuary at Knidos. Third, we stress that any interpretation of the Tale of Stain must take into account that its original audience was aware that it was a work of art with tremendous sacred power.
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Creusa, Ascanius, and Aeneas in Renaissance Prague

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Bažant J.
Studia Hercynia
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2022
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vol. 26
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issue 1
196-214
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This paper analyses the figural stucco in the Villa Hvězda (1555–1563) in Prague, depicting Aeneas with his father Anchises on his back and accompanied by his son Ascanius and his wife, Creusa. In numerous 16th century representations, Creusa always walks behind Aeneas, and Ascanius is always accompanying Ae neas. In the Villa Hvězda, the protagonists of the Flight from Troy are Aeneas and his wife, Creusa. Aeneas carries Anchises on his back, and in front of him, Creusa leads their son Ascanius. This anomaly calls for an explanation, and it may be this, that Creusa allegorically stands for Queen Anne as a model of a pious matriarch of the Habsburgs.
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“Hvězda” in Prague as a Classical Villa

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Bažant J.
Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
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2013
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vol. 49
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issue 1-2
155-175
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In 1555–1558, the villa Hvězda (Star) in Prague was designed and built by Archduke Ferdinand, vice-regent of the kingdom of Bohemia and the son of Ferdinand I, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor from 1558. The architecture of the villa is highly unusual, because it is designed on a hexagonal ground plan. Nevertheless, it was modeled on Italian villas “all’antica”. It is a centrally-planned building with rooms grouped around a central “atrium”, all connected so that they form a kind of ambulatory.
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