Nineteeth- and twentieth-century elements in St. Vitus Cathedral in the Hrad: the Tympanum and portraits of two of the architects. Prague, the Czech Republic. Designed by Frontisek Kysela. 1925-27. The cathedral dates fron the eleventh century onward; West front (1885-1904), designed by Joseph Mocker (1835-1899). After Joseph Mocker died, another architect, Kamil Hilbert, continued his design for the West Front, and work went on well into the twentieth century.
Left: A beautiful head of a chorister on the inner wall of the west side interior of the cathedral. Right: Art Novueau metalwork. [Detail]]
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Photographs and text by George P. Landow by Jacqueline Banerjee. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Last modified 30 September 2015