A lavishly illustrated guide to Baroque Prague. Lushly illustrated with more than two hundred
color plates including both historical images and contemporary photographs of architectural
exteriors Baroque Prague is an excursion through Prague from the defeat of Czech Protestants
at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 to the philosophical era of Enlightenment in the
eighteenth century. Art historian Vít Vlnas explores both the material and spiritual
transformations the city went through during this boisterous period treating the Baroque epoch
as a cultural phenomenon vital to the current genius loci of the great Central European
capital. He guides readers through both the city itself and equally important Baroque monuments
outside of the historical city center. A highly readable introductory study as well as a work
for experienced scholars of the history of Bohemia Baroque Prague is an exciting homage to
Europe's great "city of a hundred spires " and shows how a place's storied past informs its
present soul.
