Ivan Prokop Muchka (ed.)
Václav Mencl (1905–1978) was one of the most prominent Czechoslovak historians of art and architecture in the last century. In his case, the attribute „Czechoslovak“ is quite accurate because Mencl started his career in Slovakia (1928–1939), and also published his first works there. After the war, Mencl worked mainly in organisations responsible for the preservation of national heritage and became known predominantly by his writings on medieval topics. His other endeavours, namely a monumental work on the development of world architecture, which in Mencl’s lifetime remained in a manuscript (vol. 1 and 2 were published by NPÚ in 2019 and 2021), and a relatively brief manuscript written in the 1960s and dealing with the typology of Renaissance and Baroque chateau architecture in Europe, have not been published until now. The text provides rich evidence of Mencl’s urgent need to show the historical cultural heritage in the Czech lands as part of the European context.
First edition, in Czech, English summary, 120 pages, colour illustrations, Prague 2021.
ISBN: 978-80-88283-60-7
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