1904 Die Kunst in Prag zur Zeit Rudolf II - UPM lecture

Karl Chytil – Die Kunst in Prag zur Zeit Rudolf II. [Art in Prague in the Time of Rudolf II] (German) Prague: Kunstgewerbliches Museum der Handels- und Gewerbekammer (Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague - UPM), 1904. Quarto (28 × 19 cm). Original publisher’s brown printed wrappers, cloth spine; 75 [1] pp., with 32 illustrations (halftone plates and text figures). Issued as a lecture delivered at the Kunstgewerbliches Museum (6 and 13 March 1904), this study surveys the flourishing of the arts in Prague under Emperor Rudolf II, with attention to court artists, decorative arts, and collecting culture. Plates include glass vessels, metalwork, clocks, and engravings associated with the Rudolfine milieu. Very nicely preserved. InvHo6