Expert Led Private Tour of 1900's Prague

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Duration

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Overview

At the dawn of the 20th century Prague exploded with fervent artistic and intellectual activity, focused a new way of seeing the world—an “art nouveau” that would transform major European capitals. During this tour we’ll look at the development of Art Nouveau and other Modern movements in Prague and seek to contextualize it within the social and political realities of the time. Our stroll will take us through the heart of Prague’s New Town, Wenceslas Square. Here we will visit many wonderful examples of Art Nouveau, including the beautiful Lucerna bar (once owned by Vaclav Havel’s family) and the elegant Grand Hotel Europa—both fantastic examples of a moment of Czech optimism in the early twentieth century. In addition to an artistic analysis and breaking down of Art Nouveau’s aesthetics, we’ll look at how the movement in Prague represented the transcendence of older ethnic grievances and signaled the region’s readiness to rejoin Europe by participating in European-wide avant-gardes.