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Prague
Bozena Pacakova-Hostalkova
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Description for Prague
Paperback. Translator(s): Short, David. Series: KP - Prague. Num Pages: 260 pages, 145 color plates. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203. .
The design of Prague's gardens and parks especially the green spaces of its palaces, castles, and monastery complexes, both private and public is inseparable from the millennium-long efflorescence of this exquisite Czech metropolis. Lushly illustrated with nearly one hundred and fifty original color photographs and archival images, Prague: Parks and Gardens not only shares the latest findings on these gardens' historical foundation and stylistic transformations, but also takes us through the garden gates into individual gardens and parks both Prague's most visited and its undiscovered green gems. Meandering past flower-framed baroque statues to renaissance loggias, romantic pavilions, elegant stairways, and ... Read more
The design of Prague's gardens and parks especially the green spaces of its palaces, castles, and monastery complexes, both private and public is inseparable from the millennium-long efflorescence of this exquisite Czech metropolis. Lushly illustrated with nearly one hundred and fifty original color photographs and archival images, Prague: Parks and Gardens not only shares the latest findings on these gardens' historical foundation and stylistic transformations, but also takes us through the garden gates into individual gardens and parks both Prague's most visited and its undiscovered green gems. Meandering past flower-framed baroque statues to renaissance loggias, romantic pavilions, elegant stairways, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
KP - Prague
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Ovocny, Czechia
ISBN
9788024634227
SKU
V9788024634227
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About Bozena Pacakova-Hostalkova
Bozena Pacakova-Hostalkovaworks at the National Heritage Institute in Prague, where she specializes in monuments of garden art. A passionate botanist, David Short works as a translator, interpreter, and editor.
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