Illustrations in Sheet Music and Music Literature for Children of the First Half of the 20th Century as a Symptom of Multidisciplinarity Bronislava Rokytová At the beginning of the 21st century, it seems to be normal for children’s books to be accompanied not only by illustrations but often also by sounds. They are in electronic form, stimulate tactile sensations and, within a certain space, step into the realm of augmented reality. Nevertheless,…
A Drawing or Photomontage for Children? Examples of Innovative Approaches to Children’s Book Illustration in Interwar Czechoslovakia Eva Bendová, Vilma Hubáčková The aim of the paper has been to show the plethora of innovative approaches to the illustration of books for children in the interwar period in Czechoslovakia (1918–1938). In a journal focused on education and literature (Úhor [Fallow]), the first synthetic text devoted to the aesthetics of…
Biblical Illustrations by Jan Konůpek Ota Halama In the 19th century, illustrated Bibles reappeared in the Czech environment. On the one hand, these were illustrations taken from the milieu of the Nazarene movement, combining admiration for the old Renaissance and Baroque masters with modern works. On the other hand, particular popularity among…
Slovak Children’s Book Illustrations in the Context of Socio-Political Changes (1932–1971): The Case of the Book Čenkovej deti [Čenková’s Children] by Fraňo Kráľ Jana Migašová The subject of the paper is the changing visual language of the illustrations in Čenkovej deti [Čenková’s Children] by Fraňo Kráľ (1932). After 1948, the book was transformed into a paradigmatic story reflecting social injustice and became compulsory reading for primary-school children. This…
Map Applications of the Špalíček.net Digital Library. A Contribution to Chapbook Research Iva Bydžovská The Špalíček Digital Library has provided digital access to the collections of chapbooks since 2011. Interactive map applications make it possible to explore the geographical information contained in the digital-library database in context. They will provide researchers and the general public with a…
The Processing of Book-Related Works in the Collections in the Book Culture Department of the National Museum Library Veronika Karfusová The article deals with the collection of illustrations in the Book Culture Department of the National Museum Library and its professional processing. The text describes the handling of new acquisitions, their sorting, and the processing of original book and magazine illustrations and their…
DOLEŽALOVÁ, Lucie – DRAGOUN, Michal (edd.). Kříž z Telče (1434–1504). Písař, sběratel a autor. Praha: Scriptorium, 2020. ISBN 978-80-88013-98-3. Marie Ryantová
VACULÍNOVÁ, Marta – ŠÁROVCOVÁ, Martina – NACHTMANNOVÁ, Alena. Portréty předbělohorských intelektuálů = Portraits of intellectuals between 1516 and 1620. Praha: Academia, 2021. ISBN 978-80-200-3245-4. Klára Andresová
ŠKOVIEROVÁ, Angela. Humanista Ondrej Rochotský. Život a dielo. Brno: Nakladatelství PhDr. Ivo Sperát, 2022. ISBN 978-80-87542-41-5. Radoslav Ďurajka
Jaroslav Seifert’s Nobel Prize in Literature from a Swedish Perspective Miloslava Slavíčková The central concern of this article is the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Jaroslav Seifert in 1984. The paper focuses on the Swedish Academyʼs motivation for the award, on the official award ceremony and banquet, as well as on other related events. It presents translations of Seifertʼs poetry…
A Commemorative Certificate for the Unveiling of the Bust of Jan Nepomuk Count Harrach in the National Museum
Information Panels Prepared within the Project Czech Writers in the Regions of the Czech Republic: The Paper Mill of the Sons of Bohumil Haas Soňa Hrdličková Krásová
Information Panels Prepared within the Project Czech Writers in the Regions of the Czech Republic: Vojtěch Rakous Václav Petrbok
