MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Maps

i. Europe in 1914, showing and Moravia as part of Aus- tria-Hungary 7 ii. Europe today, showing the Czech Republic established on 1 Jan- uary 1993 12 iii. Czechoslovakia between the world wars, 1918 to 1938 borders 164

Illustrations

1. Alfons Mucha seated in front of canvases from the Slovanska epo- pej at the exhibition of the first eleven pictures from the cycle in the Klementinum, , in 1919. Photographer unknown. From Arthur Ellridge, Mucha: The Triumph oj (: Terrail, 1992). 21 2. The funeral of the poet Karel Hynek Macha in Vysehrad Ceme- tery, Prague, 9 May 1939. Photographer unknown. Muzeum hlavniho mesta Prahy. 27 3. Charles Bridge and Stare mesto, around 1870. Photograph by Frantisek Fridrich. From Zdenek Wirth, Stara Praha (Prague: Otto, 1942). 51 4. Hradcany and Mala strana from Stare mesto, 1856. Photograph by Andreas Groll. From Wirth, Stara Praha. 59 5. Stare mesto from Mala strana, 1856. Photograph by Andreas Groll. From Wirth, Stara Praha. 79 6. The Palacky Bridge and Smichov from Podskali, around 1884. Photograph by Jindfich Eckert. From Pavel Scheufler, Praha 1848-1914 (Prague: Panorama, 1984). 86 7. Viktor Oliva, masthead for the magazine Zlatd Praha, 1899. 95 8. Vaclavske namesti and the National Museum, around 1895. Pho- tographer unknown. From Wirth, Stara Praha. 101 9. Viktor Oliva, poster advertising tours to the World Exhibition in Paris, 1900. From Josef Kroutvor, Poselstvi ulice: z dejin plakatu a promen doby (Prague: Comet, 1991). 105 10. Mikolas Ales, illustration for the song "Ci jsou to konicky na torn nasem ouhofe?" [Whose are those little horses in our pas- ture?], first published in Kvety, 1891. From Mikolas Ales, Spali- cek narodnich pisni a fikadel (Prague: Orbis, 1950). 114 X MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 11. "Greetings From Prague!": postcard of the slum clearance of the former Jewish ghetto, published by the Prague firm of Karel Bell- mann, around 1900. From Jifi Hruza et al, Prazskd asanace, Ada Musei Pragensis, no. 93 (1993). 117 12. Josef Manes: "Veruna Cudova." Colored drawing, 25.3 X 36.8 cm., 1854. From Jaromir Pecirka, Josef Manes: zivy pramen ndrodni tradice (Prague: SVU Manes/Melantrich, 1939). 121 13. The "Village Square" at the Czechoslavic Ethnographic Exhibi- tion, 1895. From K. Klusacek et al., Narodopisna vystava ces- koslovanskd v Praze 1895 (Prague: Otto, 1895). 125 14. The Ride of the Kings: display at the Czechoslavic Ethnographic Exhibition, 1895. From Klusacek, Narodopisna vystava ces- koslovanska v Praze 1895. 126 15. Staromestske namesti, around 1870. Photograph by Frantisek Fridrich. From Wirth, Stara Praha. 136 16. Staromestske namesti, 1915, showing Ladislav Saloun's Jan Hus Memorial and the Kinsky Palace. Photographer unknown. Muzeum hlavniho mesta Prahy. 139 17. Destruction of the Mary Column in Staromestske namesti, 3 No- vember 1918. Photographer unknown. Muzeum hlavniho mesta Prahy. 141 18. Mikolas Ales, "Libuse Foretells the Glory of Prague." Colored drawing, 75.7 X 70.5 cm., 1904. Sketch for mural in vestibule of Old Town Hall, Prague. From Miroslav Micko and Emanuel Svoboda, Dilo Mikolase AUe, vol. 3, Nastenne malby (Prague: Statni nakladatelstvi krasne literatury a umeni, 1964). 143 19. Alfons Mucha, poster for Moravian Teachers' Choir, 1911. Col- ored lithograph, 79.5 X 108.5 cm. From Dalibor Kusak and Marta Kadlecikova, Mucha (Prague: BB/art, 1992). 149 20. Alfons Mucha, "Dreaming of Freedom." Mural in Mayoral Hall, Obecni dum, Prague, 1911. From Kusak and Kadlecikova, Mu- cha. 152 21. Josef Capek, "Children Under a Lamp." Linocut, 14 X 17 cm., 1919. Author's collection. 159 22. Josef Chochol, cubist apartment block on Neklanova ulice, Vysehrad, 1913. Photographer unknown. From Jaroslav Andel, ed., Umeni pro vsechny smysly: mezivalecna avantgarda v Ces- koslovensku (Prague: Narodni galerie, 1993). 162 23. Alfons Mucha, design for (unissued) thousand-crown bill, 1919. From Vera Nemeckova, Jifi Pekarek, and Jaroslav Sula, Nerealizovane ndvrhy ceskoslovenskych papirovych platidel 1918- 1988 (Hradec Kralove: Muzeum vychodnich Cech, 1991). 178 MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS xi 24. Saint Vitus's Cathedral, Hradcany, in the mid-nineteenth century. Engraving by Johann Popel after a drawing by Ludvik Lange. From Marie Kostilkova, Katedrala sv. Vita. Vol. 2, Dostavba (Prague: Sprava Prazskeho hradu, 1994). 181 25. Josef Mocker, sketch of his proposed "completion" of Saint Vitus's Cathedral, published as a fund-raising flyer by the Arch- bishop's Press, 1884. From Kostilkova, Katedrala sv. Vita. 182 26. The Radecky Monument in Malostranske namesti covered up prior to its removal, November 1918. Photographer unknown. Muzeum hlavniho mesta Prahy. 186 27. Oto Gutfreund: "Business." Colored plaster sculpture, 1923. From Josef Cisafovsky, Oto Gutfreund (Prague: Statni na- kladatelstvi krasne literatury a umeni, 1962). 188 28. Oto Gutfreund: Memorial to Bozena Nemcova's Babicka in Rati- bofice. Sandstone, 1922. From Cisafovsky, Oto Gutfreund. 192 29. Alois Jirasek's funeral, 1930: the cenotaph on Vaclavske namesti. Photographer unknown. From Miloslav Novotny, ed., Roky Aloisa Jiraska (Prague: Melantrich, 1953). 192 30. Josef Capek, "Radicals Read Cerven." Poster, colored lithograph, 63 X 95 cm., 1918-19. From Kroutvor, Poselstvi ulice. 197 31. Alexej Vladimir Hrstka, poster advertising the Barrandov Ter- races, 1929. From Kroutvor, Poselstvi ulice. 199 32. Ludvik Kysela, Frantisek L. Gahura, Josef Gocar, and the Bata construction design studio, the Bafa store on Vaclavske namesti, 1928-30. Photographer unknown. From Vladimir Slapeta, ed., Bala: architehtura a urbanismus (Zlin: Statni galerie, 1991). 201 33. Frana Smatek, Bafa advertisement, 1923. From Kroutvor, Posel- stvi ulice. 201 34. Workers' housing in the Bata company town of Zlin, Moravia, around 1936. Photographer unknown. From Slapeta, Bala: archi- tektura a urbanismus. 201 35. Vaclav Spala, "Autumn." Linocut, 12 X 17 cm., around 1920. Author's collection. 205 36. Karel Teige, illustrations for the letters A, N, O, and V, for Vi- tezslav Nezval's book Abeceda (Alphabet) (Prague: Otto, 1926; re- printed Torst, 1993). Dance composition by Milca Mayerova. Reproduced with kind permission of Olga Hilmerova, Prague. 211 37. Jaromir Krejcar, design for the Olympic Department Store on Spalena ulice, Prague, 1925-26. From ReD, February 1928. 214 38. Karel Teige, untitled collage, 1938. 20 X 38 cm. Reproduced with kind permission of Olga Hilmerova, Prague. 216 39. Toyen (Marie Cerminova), untitled drawing, 1937. From Andel, Umeni pro vsechny smysly. 219 Xll MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 40. Max Svabinsky, hundred-crown bill, 1931 (verso). 234 41. Staromestske namesti, May 1945. Photograph by Josef Sudek. From Zdenek Wirth, Zmizela Praha, vol. 5, Opevneni, Vltava a ztraty na pamaikach 1945 (Prague: Vaclav Polacek, 1948). 236 42. Demonstration on Staromestske namesti, 21 February 1948. Photographer unknown. Muzeum hlavniho mesta Prahy. 246 43. Max Svabinsky, "Noon Above the Treetops." Lithograph, 24.7 X 35.3 cm., 1936. Author's collection. 254 44. Max Svabinsky, hundred-crown bill, 1931 (recto). 256 45. First page of questionnaire from Ladislav Boruvka's Kadrovy spis (Cadre File), 1950. Provided by Ladislav Boravka. 260 46. Jaroslav Seifert, "Abacus." Typography by Karel Teige. From Seifert's book Na vlndch TSF (On Radio Waves) (Prague: Vaclav Petr, 1925, reprinted Prague, Ceskoslovensky spisovatel, 1992). 266 47. Karel Teige, cover for his book Nejmensi byt (The Smallest Apart- ment), 1931. From Andel, Umeni pro vsechny smysly. Reproduced with kind permission of Olga Hilmerova, Prague. 268 48. Josef Svec, Jifi Stursa, and Vlasta Stursova, the Josef Stalin Mon- ument, Letna Plain, Prague, 1952-55. Photographer unknown. Muzeum hlavniho mesta Prahy. 272 49. The Narodni pamatnik on Vitkov (1927-32), with Bohumil Kaf- ka's statue of Jan Zizka (1931-41, erected 1950). Photograph by Karel Plicka. From Karel Plicka, Praha ve jotografii (Prague: Orbis, 1966). 276 50. Saint Michael's Church, Prague, in May 1990. Photograph by the author. 279 51. Karel Svolinsky, twenty-five-crown bill, 1958. From Umeni a fe- mesla, no. 4 (1992). 287 52. Karel Svolinsky, design for (unpublished) hundred-crown bill, 1951. From Umeni a femesla, no. 4 (1992). 287 53. J. Vondrazka, design for (unpublished) twenty-crown bill, 1969. From Nemeckova, Pekarek and Siila, Nerealizovane navrhy cesko- slovenskych papirovych platidel 1918-1988. 287 54. Josef Lada, "December," illustration for calendar, 1941. Colored drawing, 28 X 35 cm. From Vaclav Formanek, Josef Lada (Prague: Odeon, 1980). 293 55. The opening of the Alois Jirasek Museum at Hvezda Castle, 1951. Photographer unknown. From Novotny, Roky Aloisaji- rdska. 303 56. Karel Teige, collage no. 340, untitled, 1948. Paper, 17.6 X 16.5 cm. Reproduced with kind permission of Olga Hilmerova, Prague. 322