Baroque Prague Vlnas Vt (2025)

Baroque Prague covers the citys history from the Battle of White Mountain to the Enlightenment, from 1620 to the 1780s. The renowned Czech art historian Vt Vlnas presents Pragues material and spiritual transformations as a unified cultural phenomenon whose traces remain clearly visible in the city today, with the Baroque period shaping much of Pragues genius loci. As an informed guide, he comments on a walk through the city from Prague Castle to Vyehrad, passing through Hradany, Mal Strana, the Old Town and the New Town. Baroque monuments outside the historic centre are discussed in a separate section. Alongside documentary historical images and photographs of exteriors, the text includes maps with a location index and an overview of notable figures.