Date: Fri 24-Sep-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: GWARD

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Prague-architecture

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National Academy Of Design Explores Prague Architecture

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NEW YORK CITY -- The National Academy of Design will exhibit "Prague

Architecture Throughout the Centuries" through December 5.

Prague holds a special position among European cities due to the diversity and

profundity of architectural riches drawn from contributions made by Czech,

Italian, German, French and Dutch artists and architects.

The exhibition focuses on the city's architectural development over the last

600 years -- from the Romanesque and Gothic expressions of the medieval era;

the Renaissance and Baroque influences of the beginning of the modern era; the

"national revival" of the mid Nineteenth Century, an eclectic and fertile

period in which Neo-Renaissance styles existed alongside Art Nouveau

creations, and further, to a post-War independent form of Modernism.

Over 60 architectural models, prints, watercolors, sculptures and house

emblems document these dynamic developments. Exhibition highlights include a

grouping of watercolors by Nineteenth Century painter Vacla Jansa, sculptures

from the baroque period, and models and depictions of Prague including the

Corpus Christi Chapel, St. Wenceslas Chapel, Prague castle and the Little

Quarter.

The National Academy of Design is located at 1083 Fifth Avenue. Telephone,

212/369-4880.