52-1-4

2007/52/1-4

ISSN : 0036-5351
Editor in Chief : PhDr. Helga Turková

Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference of 25 May, 2007, at the Institute of History of Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, with the Collaboration of the Office of the President of the Republic, the National Library and the Library of the National Museum. This Conference Accompanied the Exhibition „The Poet and the King. Bohuslav Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz in the Reflection of the Jagellonian Era“ (Royal Castle, Prague, February 28 through July 1, 2007).

Bohuslav of Lobkovic and Hassenstein and Astronomy

Astronomy was one of the main interests of Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic. This is obvious from the catalog of his library (see Kamil Boldan and Emma Urbánková: Rekonstrukce knihovny Bohuslava Hasištejnského z Lobkovic – Reconstruction of the Library of Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic,…

Ut certatura videatur: Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein and Italy

In a letter written in 1489 and addressed to Kristián Pedík, Bohuslav Hasištejnský describes the renovation of the Royal Castle of Prague. The old buildings, visible from far away, must have been almost turning to dust. “However, Vladislav has enclosed them by a wall and moat of remarkable…

Dubravius on Dürer

In the third edition of his magisterial monograph on Albrecht Dürer (Princeton, NJ, 1948), Erwin Panofsky published and translated a text in which Jan Dubravius, in 1516, described an image of Adam and Eve, then owned by Jan Thurzo, Bishop of Wroclaw. This description gave impetus to a…

Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz and Venetian Art of the 15th Century

Travelogues are an important source of information for the understanding of the 15th and 16th century Czechs and their opinion on contemporary Italian art. Among them there is an interesting description of the 1493 pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre by Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz…