Cubist Prague n.1: Corner Dancers by sandra46

Photography • Architecture • posted on May 19, 2010

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Description

The Adria Palace in the New Town in Prague is an important modernist building. It has a Cubist facade and a huge sculptural group on the ledge of the parapet, you can see here. The building was one of the centres of the Velvet Revolution in 1989. It was built by Pavel Janak in 1925, and it is an unusually late example of integrated sculpture. Sharp points, slicing planes, crystalline shapes. These are the trademarks of the Czech Cubists – a unique, avant-garde group, feverishly active in Prague between 1910 and 1914. As well as fine art, they left behind them building facades prickling with little pyramids, furniture bursting with energy, and decorative objects dynamized with stark black lines. Thank you for your kind comments.

Comments (50)

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lyron

1:10AM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Marvelous image!!!

whaleman

2:15AM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Excellent art!

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dochtersions

2:58AM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Outstanding on the word. A beauty!!!

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Darkwish

3:24AM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Looks great.

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0rest4wicked

2:31PM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Nice postwork and well composed!

lucindawind

5:09PM | Thu, 20 May 2010

excellent !

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Marinette

5:15PM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Ciao Sandra sto mettendo tra i fav. questa più l'ultima che ho visto prima della mia assenza così posso ritornare a guardare e leggermi con calma le tue storie sempre molto interessanti. Bellissima rielaborazione fotografica. :)

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wysiwig

7:39PM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Reminiscent of Greek and Roman reliefs. Wonderful capture. Thank you for the history.

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tennesseecowgirl

8:26PM | Thu, 20 May 2010

Great job on this!

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Minda

9:06PM | Thu, 20 May 2010

beautiful photo and wonderful capture sandra..

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jocko500

9:44PM | Thu, 20 May 2010

wonderful done

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Buffalo1

2:32PM | Fri, 21 May 2010

You won't see building decorations like this in any other city. Prague is unique in it's artistic accomplishments.

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Madbat

10:45PM | Fri, 21 May 2010

Wow, is there a building in Prague that isn't decorated?

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watapki66

8:59AM | Sun, 23 May 2010

Wonderfully done!

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kasalin

6:01PM | Sun, 23 May 2010

Una splendida lavoro, cara Sandra !!!!!!!! 5* Ciao Karin :)

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eekdog

6:47PM | Sun, 23 May 2010

magnificent photo!

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Chipka

2:46AM | Mon, 24 May 2010

This is beautifully stunning. I love the postwork you've done here; it's so perfectly integrated with the Czech Cubist lines of this great building. I wish that Czech Cubism caught on elsewhere! Hmmm...I wonder if it did? This is great work, as always!

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