The Allegory of Dynastic Succession on the Facade of the Prague Belvedere (1538-1550)

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SYSNO ASEP	0480976
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Ostatní články
Title	The Allegory of Dynastic Succession on the Facade of the Prague Belvedere (1538-1550)
Author(s)	Bažant, Jan (FLU-F)_{ORCID, RID, SAI}
Source Title	Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Philologica.. - : Nakladatelství Karolinum - ISSN 0567-8269 -, č. 2 (2017), s. 269-282
Number of pages	14 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	Renaissance art ; Ferdinand I ; Prague ; allegory
Subject RIV	AB - History
OECD category	History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Institutional support	FLU-F - RVO:67985955
DOI	10.14712/24646830.2017.24
Annotation	The paper analyses a unique relief sculpture which decorates the Prague Belvedere built by Ferdinand I. It represents an old man on horseback passing the globe to a young man standing in front of him. The scene may be interpreted as the allegory of dynastic succession. The adjoining reliefs corroborate this hypothesis, on the left we find the coat of arms of the Bohemian Kingdom and on the right Andromeda liberated by Perseus, alter ego of Ferdinand I.
Workplace	Institute of Philosophy
Contact	Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360
Year of Publishing	2018

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