House of the Black Madonna

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House of the Black Madonna

Cubist craze designs

Celetna 34
Prague 11000
+420 2 2421 1732
http://www.prague-museums.com/house_black_madonna.shtml

There may not be any Picasso here, but you will find a small assortment of paintings, furniture and even coffee sets made during the height of the Cubist craze in the early twentieth century. One of the better-known artists in this school was Josef Capek, brother of the writer Karel Capek. Czech architects also adopted Cubism - the building itself, by Josef Gocar, is a good example of this. Notice the triangular projections above the windows which represent a way of expressing different angles of vision simultaneously.

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