From a provincial town in a busy metropolis. Transformations of Prague in the second half of the 19th century is illustrated by the exhibition
The capital of the Czech Kingdom – Prague – the exhibition shows at a turning point. They capture illustrations and texts from the picture magazines Zlatá Praha, Světozor and Květy from the 1960s to the 1980s the course of the transformation of Prague from the provincial city of the Austrian monarchy into a vibrant city.
Represents how big development of Prague suburbsso i everyday life all sections of its inhabitants on weekdays and on holidays, on the street and at the ball, at work and on a trip. Thanks to the economic boom, infrastructure and a large number of new schools were built.
The growing national self-confidence was manifested not only by the establishment of associations, the construction of falconry or burgher talks, but also a change in the relationship to the architectural monuments of the past. It has become a symbol of the founding of the nation’s cultural power National Theater whose National Museum.
Svetozor IV., 1870 – no. 07, appendix page 11, fig. 2. Photo archive Museum hl. m of Prague
In the second half of the 19th century, magazines became a significant phenomenon that affected all components of life at the time. The creators of the exhibition also recall the traditional way of their creation on the example of Světozor and Golden Prague, through exhibits from the National Technical Museum – the visitor will also see some original plates with depictions of Praguewhich come from Otto’s publishing house and publishing house, where Světozor and Zlatá Praha were also published.
The symbolic conclusion of the exhibition and the publication, which was created on this occasion, is a memory of two major events at the turn of the eighties and nineties of the 19th century. The September flood of 1890 symbolically closed past, Jubilee exhibition of 1891 again, it definitively opened the city gates in a new era.
Svetozor, 1876 – no. 44, p. 589, fig. 1. Photo archive m of Prague