Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia

1924: The Diamond Palace

Posted on April 4, 2020 by

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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1930: Work Must Not Cease

Posted on February 10, 2020 by

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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1899: The Fools

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

František Kupka: Les Fous (1899)

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1973: La Planète sauvage

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

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

Posted on January 27, 2018 by

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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1909: Accident

Posted on September 19, 2017 by

Karel Myslbek: Neštěstí na stavbě [Accident on a Construction Site] (1909)

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1910: Streetcar

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

Jakub Schikaneder: Streetcar in Prague (c. 1910)

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