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All images © by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it. Text edited by Rosamie Moore.
Prague Dominoes (white border)

Early Cubism in Prague

Between 1910 and 1920 a group of young architects reacted to the excess of decoration of the Secese style, by giving more relevance to solid shapes and simple lines.



The images show (left to right):
Detail of a building by L. Skrivanek and M. Blecha (1910-12) in Nove Mesto - Prague (for editing needs the door is slightly narrowed in the image)
Detail of Stenc factory by Otakar Novotny (1908-11) in Stare Mesto - Prague and Loggia of Belveder Palace by Paolo della Stella (1537-52) in Prazsky Hrad - Prague
Detail of a building by Josef Gocar (1922-25) in Nove Mesto - Prague and (bell) towers of Tynsky chram in Stare Mesto - Prague
Detail of a building by Josef Chochol (1912-13) in Vysehrad - Prague and statue of St John Nemopuk in Prazsky Hrad - Prague
The background of this page is based on the roof of a building by Otakar Novotny (1917-19) in Josefov - Prague.

Find the other domino pieces:
St John Nemopuk
Towers
Baroque Windows (with another image of early Cubism style)
Baroque Doors (with another image of early Cubism style)
Secese Art (with another image of early Cubism style)
Great Architects

See The Saints' Bridge and An Italian street in Prague