Petr Wittlich

A lavishly illustrated exploration of forward-looking Czech art around the turn of the twentieth century. Though it’s less widely heralded than Berlin and Vienna, 1890s Prague was every bit as much a fin-de-siècle cultural centre as its Mittel European peers. At the end of the nineteenth century, the city found itself home to a fervent coterie of young visual artists...

This new edition celebrates the stunning examples of art nouveau art and architecture on display in Prague. Since the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Prague has become one of Europe's—and the world's—most popular tourist destinations. As in London, Paris, and Rome, visitors flock to the gorgeous buildings and monuments that grace the streets of Prague, entranced by structures...