Arbor vitae Book Catalog
1520 - Dagmar Hochová
Silvie Richterová, Dagmar Hochová, 2005
Dagmar Hochová’s (1926) book 1520 (1520 mm is the rail gauge in Russia) about the Russian railways came out in 1960. In this account of travelling in the Soviet Union she takes notice of a non-European dimension of life in the faces of her fellow passengers. She is not looking for a journalistic sensation or an ironic caricature; the traditional spiritual Russian character reveals itself in people’s faces. The photographer’s perspective is free f... [kompletní info]
A Hrajku from a Plum Grove
Mojmír Preclík, 2002
The poetic oeuvre of Mojmír Preclík (1931-2001) is not great in size, although it evolved over many decades. It is related to his beloved profession of sculpting. Characteristic in his writing is his deep understanding and love of the place where he lived and worked – the Kryštof valley in Jizera mountains; fascination with the creative process (he often took photos of his hands dirty with clay, he installed sculptures in the open air) and playfu... [kompletní info]
A Scientific Autobiography
Aldo Rossi, 2005
Architect and writer Aldo Rossi (1930–1999) belongs to the most significant postmodern architects. Since the very beginning, he was noted with a unique expression consisting in simple geometric shapes and rational solutions. He designed mostly schools, terraced houses, museums and galleries. This book unites his travel experiences and impressions connected with exploration of various cultural phenomena with the process of his thinking and plannin... [kompletní info]
Alfred Kubin – Rhythm and Construction
Petr Wittlich, Otto M. Urban, Ingeborg Habereder, 2003
Alfréd Kubin (1877-1959) was a painter, graphic artist, writer and creator of an original art style combining the ideas of symbolism and the morphology of expressionism. The book Rhythm and Construction was published in conjunction with the exhibition by the same name, organized by the Egon Schiele Art Centre in Český Krumlov. It is the first monograph on Kubin’s work in the Czech language. After graduating from the Munich Academy, Kubin started ... [kompletní info]
Apartment and Landscape
Ladislav Žák, Dita Dvořáková, 2006
Ladislav Žák focused on practical and theoretical issues of housing, furniture design and later on the solution of then particularly topical task of minimal apartment for lower social class. In the 30’s, he designed a group of remarkable functionalist family houses in Prague district Baba, with a varying scheme of connected open common rooms and individual housing cells, which he further elaborated in his plans of collective housing facilit... [kompletní info]
Arnold Schönberg – Style and Idea
Arnold Schönberg, Otto M. Urban, Ivan Vojtěch, 2004
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) was one of the pre-eminent personalities of the first half of the 20th century. He was not only a world famous music composer, but also a brilliant theoretician, essayist and an interesting painter. The core of the book is a selection of essays and lectures that the author arranged in the collection Style and Idea, considered as an important contribution to the understanding of modern music. Professor Ivan Vojtěch, th... [kompletní info]