This post has been waiting as a draft for over a year; I started it while we were traveling in Eastern/Central Europe. I kept thinking I would add to it as we traveled more. Well, rather than having it wait longer, I am posting it now. Enjoy!
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I am a big fan of Art Nouveau (Jugendstil in German) and like Prague, Vienna was a good city for great examples. We saw some great paintings by famous Wieners Klimt and buildings by Loos.
This is a picture of a spoof of the Klimt painting 'the Kiss'. I think I like it better than the original.The Manz bookstore – the building is fairly decorated, but the bookstore front is modern (or was 100 years ago.) Me with a reproduction of Klimt’s Hygiea. Shout out to my Hygiene homies and public health peeps!This is ‘the succession’, the building which was the symbol of the Jugendstil movement in Vienna, designed and built by Klimt and the gang.
Here are some photos from Krakow:
King Wenceslas in the Wyspianska Pavilion in Krakow. This is a modern application of a century-old design by Wyspianska. He totally looks like Skeletor!
This is a stained-glass window by Alfons Mucha in the St Vitus in Prague. Prague is also home to the Alfons Mucha museum, which we did not have time to see. I hope to see it sometime!This is the Grand Hotel Europa in Prague.
This is another Wyspianska stained-glass window in the St Francis’ Church in Krakow.
