DOI Heft:
Nr. 99 (June 1901)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19788#0073
Studio-Talk
gay in tone, but the colours chosen match
exceedingly well. The ground is a rich, somewhat
reddish orange, and the ornamental design is
inlaid in a dark sage-green, a well-tempered blue,
and a pale yellow. The material is morocco.
On the seven-hundredth anniversary of the
death of Bishop Absolon, the founder of Copen-
hagen, was unveiled a tablet in bold relief of this
great man—prelate, warrior, statesman—placed
most appropriately above the main entrance to
that magnificent town-hall which Mr. Martin
Nyrop has designed for the Danish capital, and
which is now approaching its completion. The
tablet, too, is designed by Mr. Nyrop, while the
modelling has been done by Professor Bissen.
The figure stands out well against a highly-
ornamental copper ground, the whole, with the
exception of a portion of the Bishop's vestment,
being richly gilt. In its newness all this gold has
a somewhat isolated, patchy effect against the red
walls, but time will very soon mend that and
further enhance the historic style and the
decorative effect of the tablet.
G. B.
56
PRAGUE.—In much the same sense as we
can speak of a Viennese or Hungarian
style of art craftsmanship, we can now
refer to one peculiar to Bohemia, the
rapid growth of which has been greatly fostered by
the exhibition of various ethnographical collections
made under the superintendence of a staff of native
teachers remarkable alike for their general art culture
and their technical skill.
The Royal School of Art Craftsmanship in Prague
owes to its Director, Professor Stibral, the fact that
the work produced in it is known outside Bohemia.
Already at the recent Paris Exhibition Bohemian
craftsmanship was worthily represented, and I now
propose to introduce to the readers of The Studio
some characteristic examples of Bohemian work,
beginning with the Altar {see p. 62), designed by
Professor Kastner. and carried out by students of
the Royal School of Art Craftsmanship in Prague,
in which the general conception of the design,
representing St. Ludmill, a patron saint of
Bohemia, and the technical execution are alike
admirable. The entire group is full of repose,
dignity, simplicity, and religious feeling. Its
author, Kastner, is indeed a man of great origin-
gay in tone, but the colours chosen match
exceedingly well. The ground is a rich, somewhat
reddish orange, and the ornamental design is
inlaid in a dark sage-green, a well-tempered blue,
and a pale yellow. The material is morocco.
On the seven-hundredth anniversary of the
death of Bishop Absolon, the founder of Copen-
hagen, was unveiled a tablet in bold relief of this
great man—prelate, warrior, statesman—placed
most appropriately above the main entrance to
that magnificent town-hall which Mr. Martin
Nyrop has designed for the Danish capital, and
which is now approaching its completion. The
tablet, too, is designed by Mr. Nyrop, while the
modelling has been done by Professor Bissen.
The figure stands out well against a highly-
ornamental copper ground, the whole, with the
exception of a portion of the Bishop's vestment,
being richly gilt. In its newness all this gold has
a somewhat isolated, patchy effect against the red
walls, but time will very soon mend that and
further enhance the historic style and the
decorative effect of the tablet.
G. B.
56
PRAGUE.—In much the same sense as we
can speak of a Viennese or Hungarian
style of art craftsmanship, we can now
refer to one peculiar to Bohemia, the
rapid growth of which has been greatly fostered by
the exhibition of various ethnographical collections
made under the superintendence of a staff of native
teachers remarkable alike for their general art culture
and their technical skill.
The Royal School of Art Craftsmanship in Prague
owes to its Director, Professor Stibral, the fact that
the work produced in it is known outside Bohemia.
Already at the recent Paris Exhibition Bohemian
craftsmanship was worthily represented, and I now
propose to introduce to the readers of The Studio
some characteristic examples of Bohemian work,
beginning with the Altar {see p. 62), designed by
Professor Kastner. and carried out by students of
the Royal School of Art Craftsmanship in Prague,
in which the general conception of the design,
representing St. Ludmill, a patron saint of
Bohemia, and the technical execution are alike
admirable. The entire group is full of repose,
dignity, simplicity, and religious feeling. Its
author, Kastner, is indeed a man of great origin-