Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Rudolf II and Prague. The Imperial Court and Residential City as the Cultural and Spiritual Heart of Central Europe
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Editors

Eliška Fučíková, James M. Bradburne, Beket Bukovinská, Jaroslava Hausenblasová, Lubomir Konecny, Ivan Muchka, Michal Sronek.

Curators

Duna Panenková, Olga Drahotová.

Imprint

Prague, Czech Republic, 1997. 792 pp., illustrations: 192 col., more than 1000 b&w, 30 × 23 cm. English.

ISBN

050023739

Location

Prague Castle, Wallenstein Palace (30 May–7 September 1997)

Description

Monumental catalog with 30 essays pertaining to the city of Prague, 1530–1648: its art (painting, sculpture, printing, bookbinding, etc.), architecture, art theory, art collecting, science and philosophy. Additional articles address the social, political and religious atmosphere in Prague during this era. Jewish art is discussed in “The Jewish Town in Prague” (Jiřina Šedinová), pp. 302–309. Jewish exhibits include mostly synagogue textiles and printed books (pp. 767–772, cat. nos. v.615–v.640). Descriptive entries. 640 items (26 Jewish).

main keywords

PRAGUE
PRINTED BOOKS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES

minor keywords

Czech Republic
Hebrew printing, Prague
Historical documents
Kiddush cups
Levite sets
Purim, special (individual/communal)
Reader’s desk covers
Torah Ark curtains
Torah mantles

Related publication

Fučíková, Eliška et al. (eds), Rudolf II and Prague. The Imperial Court and Residential City as the Cultural and Spiritual Heart of Central Europe, 1997. Abbreviated version of the full exhibition catalog, containing only the essays.

Cite this page
“Rudolf II and Prague. The Imperial Court and Residential City as the Cultural and Spiritual Heart of Central Europe”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 29 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1484>
First published online: 2019



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