Ethnographic Collection of Alberto Vojtěch Frič in the Náprstek Museum Monika Baďurová Alberto Vojtěch Frič (1882–1944) was a Czech botanist, explorer and ethnologist. He made four exploratory journeys to South America (Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia), at first led by his interest in cacti, later due to a desire of getting to know more about life and culture of the…
Decadent Eccentric and Poetic Moon-Viewer Helena Gaudeková, Alice Kraemerová This article deals with the personality and art of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), one of the last ukiyo-e masters in Japan. Educated before Japan opened to the world, Yoshitoshi absorbed the best of his country’s traditions. Developing his career in the decades of rapid change in Japanese culture…
Uzbek Gold Embroidery Tereza Hejzlarová The art of gold embroidery has a very long history in Uzbekistan. Bukhara is considered to be the traditional and renowned centre of gold embroidery, with its high point being in the 19th century. Gold embroidery was used in particular to decorate the clothes of the emir and his courtiers. Goldwork…
Western Influences in Southeast Asian Paintings Comparison of a Balinese Ink Painting and of two Malaysian Graffiti Artworks David Novak Balinese ink paintings started to be created in the 1930s only after Western influences created suitable conditions in Bali. Of major importance were the European painters Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet, who decided to live long term in Bali. The artwork discussed in this article is a Balinese ink…
Preliminary Report on the Third Excavation Season of the Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga Pavel Onderka During its third excavation season, the Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga carried out [1] the revision excavations of the so-called Eastern Temple (WBN 500), [2] the first phase of the excavations of the complex of the so-called Typhonium (WBN 200) and [3] the conservation of the rooms WBN…
Sri Kuhnt-Saptodewo, Dagmar Pospíšilová and Philipp Hesser (eds.). Sulawesi and beyond. The František Czurda Collection. Wien: Kunsthistorisches Museum mit Museum für Völkerkunde, Prague: National Museum, 2010. 140 p. With CD-ROM. ISBN 978-3-85497-189-4. Laurens Bakker
Todorovová Jiřina and Chovaneček Jan. Kolem světa. Sbírka fotografií z cest Josefa Kořenského v Náprstkově muzeu asijských, afrických a amerických kultur (Around the World, Josesef Kořenský’s Travel Photography Collection at the Náprstek Museum). Praha: Národní museum, 2011. 140 p., photo-illustrations, CD-Rom. ISBN 978-80-7036-300-3 Miriam Jelinek
Jaroslav Olša, jr., Kang Hong-Bin (eds.) 1901 년 체코인 브라즈의 서울 방문. 체코 여행가들의 서울 이야기 / Soul roku 1901 objektivem E. St. Vráze a jak viděli Koreu další čeští cestovatelé / 1901 photographs of Seoul by Enrique Stanko Vráz and other early Czech travellers’ views of korea. Seoul: Seoul Museum of History, the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 2011. 237 p. ISBN 978-89-91553-25-5 Barbora Půtová
Zelený-Atapana, Mnislav. Malá encyklopedie bohů a mýtů Jižní Ameriky (Small Encyclopedia of Gods and Myths of South America). Prague: Libri, 2009 (published 2010). 229 p. ISBN 978-80-7277-398-5 Pavel Štěpánek
