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Mucha window in St. Vitus cathedral, Prague.    Photograph by: MadScientist: eclecticimaging.tumblr.com, Alphonse Mucha, St Vitus Cathedral, Alfons Maria Mucha, St Vitus, Alphonse Mucha Art, Alfons Mucha, German Art, Painting Wallpaper, Stained Glass Window

This stained-glass window in the archiepiscopal chapel of St Vitus Cathedral was designed by the famous Czech artist [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mucha]Alfons Mucha[/url] in 1930. It depicts an allegory of the blessed Slavic nations and the praise of the "Apostles to the Slavs" [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodius_and_Cyril]Cyril and Methodius[/url]. This photograph gives only a rough idea of the luminosity of this window.

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St Vitus Cathedral in Prague is (currently) the worlds most recent gothic cathedral, begun in 1344 in late gothic style, finally consecrated in 1929. As such, it features a mixture of late-gothic, baroque, renaissance architectural styles, and stain-glass windows from as recent as the early 20th century by Alfons Mucha, Prague’s most celebrated artist in … Continue reading "St Vitus Cathedral, Prague"

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