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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
1924: The Diamond Palace
Diamantový zámek visí nad červeným mořem… (O zlatých zámcích.) Illustration by Artuš Scheiner for a collection of Fairy Tales by Božena Němcová (1924). The first line of the caption means “the diamond palace hung over the red sea,” and I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Artuš Scheiner, Books, Božena Němcová, Castles, Czechoslovakia, Fairy Tales, Illustration
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1930: Work Must Not Cease
A performance of Karel Capek’s R.U.R. at the Haohel Theater, Tel Aviv in 1930. The play opens in Rossum’s Universal Robots (thus the title), a factory which manufactures artificial humanoids designed to be perfect obedient workers. At first, the robots … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 1930's, 20th Century, Automata, Czechoslovakia, Drama, Israel, Karel Capek, Labor, Language, Palestine, Photography, Rebellion
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1899: The Fools
František Kupka: Les Fous (1899)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Czechoslovakia, František Kupka, Printmaking
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1973: La Planète sauvage
René Laloux, director: La Planète sauvage (1973). Released as Fantastic Planet in the USA. (In French, “sauvage” means “wild” in the sense of “untamed.” Wildflowers are fleurs sauvages, for example.)
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1945: The Book of Alfred Kantor
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day—Yom HaShoah Alfred Kantor was 22 when he was sent to Theresienstadt, the ”model ghetto” 40 miles north of Prague that the Nazis had created for Czech Jews. He was then sent to Auschwitz and, later, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 1990's, 20th Century, Alfred Kantor, Art Spiegleman, Comics, Czechoslovakia, Drawing, Fathers, Holocaust, Judaism, Prisons, USA, WWII
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1909: Accident
Karel Myslbek: Neštěstí na stavbě [Accident on a Construction Site] (1909)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Czechoslovakia, Karel Myslbek, Labor, Painting
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1910: Streetcar
Jakub Schikaneder: Streetcar in Prague (c. 1910)
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1968: Cow
Jiri Kolar: Cow Having Eaten Up Canaletto (1968)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Animals, Canaletto, Collage, Cows, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Jiří Kolář, Venice
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