Living in Art. Painted and Sculpted Ornamentation of Prague Residental Buildings in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Abstract

The publication presents the phenomenon of the visual culture of the housing architecture of the 19th and early 20th century in Prague. The theme comprises painting, sculpture and sculpture-plaster decorations of exteriors and interiors of tenement houses, entrepreneurs' palaces and villas, documenting the variety and importance of the architectural decorations from the period of historicisms up to Art Nouveau and Modernism.

Keywords

• sculpture-plaster decorations
• painting decorations
• Prague
• historicisms
• Art Nouveau
• 19th century
• enement houses
• villas