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Defenestration of Prague Defenestration of Prague
PRAGUE, DEFENESTRATION OF PRAGUE, DEFENESTRATION OF. The humorously complex word defenestration simply means throwing someone or something out a window (Latin fenestra, 'window'), but in Prague this action came to symbolize a national reaction to foreign or illegitimate rule. The first... Read more
Prague Spring Prague Spring
Prague Spring see Prague and Czechoslovakia .... Read more
Jerome of Prague Jerome of Prague
Jerome of Prague c.1370-1416, Bohemian religious reformer. During his studies at Prague and at Oxford, Jerome was influenced by the doctrinal views of John Wyclif . He continued to study and travel widely abroad, in constant conflict with the authorities. In 1407 he returned to Prague, where he... Read more
Josef Vaclav Myslbek Josef Vaclav Myslbek
Myslbek, Josef Václav (b Prague, 20 June 1848; d Prague, 2 June 1922). The leading Czech sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He created numerous statues of national heroes in Prague, most notably the famous St Wenceslas Monument in Wenceslas Square, which was conceived in 1887... Read more
Frantisek Vejdovsky Frantisek Vejdovsky
VEJDOVSKý, FRANTIšEK(b. Kourm, Bohemia [now Czechoslovakia], 24 October 1849; d. Prague, Czechoslovakia, 4 December 1939)zoologyThe son of a furrier, Vejdovský graduated from the academic grammar school in Prague and then entered the philosophical faculty of Charles University, from which he... Read more
Josef Manes Josef Manes
Mánes, Josef (b Prague, 12 Apr. 1820; d Prague, 9 Dec. 1871). Czech painter, illustrator, and designer, the most illustrious member of a family of artists. An ardent patriot at a time when his country, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was struggling for autonomy, he is regarded as the... Read more
Vera Chytilova Vera Chytilova
CHYTILOVÁ, Vera Nationality:Czech. Born:Ostrava, 2 February 1929. Education:Studied architecture at Charles University; Film Academy (FAMU), Prague, 1957–62. Family:Married cinematographer Jaroslav Kucera. Career:Assistant director on 3 Men... Read more
Master of Vyssi Brod Master of Vyssi Brod
Master of Vyšší Brod (or of Hohenfurth). Bohemian painter, so called after his main work, a large altarpiece with scenes from the life of Christ (c.1350, NG, Prague) painted for the monastery of Vyšší Brod (Hohenfurth in German) in the Czech Republic. The anonymous... Read more
Prague Prague
Prague , Czech Praha, Ger. Prag, city (1993 pop. 1,216,500), capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and former capital of Czechoslovakia , on both banks of the Vltava (Ger. Moldau ) River. A road, rail, and air transportation hub, the city also has an inland harbor that is the... Read more
Master of Trebon Master of Trebon
Master of Třeboň (or Master of Wittingau) (active late 14th century). Bohemian painter, named after his main work, three panels (c.1380–90) from an altarpiece originally in the monastery at Třeboň (Wittingau in German) in the Czech Republic and now in the National... Read more

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