Speaking of Prague...
... well, I was, but it was in a
previous entry.
I was expecting there to be a lot of "Austro-Hungarian baroque" type
architecture, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much Art Deco
stuff there is to be seen too.
Nor had I realised that the Alphonse Mucha posters which
adorned my student walls all those years ago were actually Czech art.
(Though to be fair, he spent 17 years in Paris: b.1860 - d.1939, worked in Paris from 1887 to 1904)
Mucha Museum site
Here's the winged portico of the presidential offices in the Prazsky Hrad (Prague Citadel/Castle).
In case you're wondering... that's a leopard. Yes, it does have wings. No, I don't know.
I thought it too was Art Deco until I found out that it is actually the work of contemporary architect/artist Borek Sipek.
Sipek's winged portico
Posted by racingsnake
@ 12:04 PM GMT+00:00
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