AAP Important Dates

Defenestration

1618

Prague Spring

1968

Prague Uprising

1945

Velvet Revolution

1989

Munich Agreement

1938

Wenceslas killed by brother

929

Jan Hus burned at stake

1415

Czechoslovakia established

1918

Czech Republic established

1993

Charles IV died

1378

Judith Bridge flooded

1342

Charles Bridge built

1357

Swedish Sack of Prague

1648

Battle of White Mountain

1620

Charles IV --> King of Bohemia

1346

Great fire destroyed parks of lesser town and Hradcany

1541

Cities of Prague before 1348

Lesser town, Old Town, Hradcany, and Jewish Ghetto

X

10

L

50

C

100

D

500

M

1000

Romanesque

Simple, round arches

Gothic

Pointed arches, height

Renaissance

Balance, proportion

Baroque

Drama, emotion

19th - 20th century

Neo-styles, nationalism

Iconography

Study of symbols & meanings in art

Allegory

A story/image expressing a moral or idea

Sgraffito

Renaissance wall technique: layers of plaster scratched to reveal pattern

Chronogram

Hidden date using Roman numerals in text

Rotunda

Circular Romanesque church

Basilica

Long rectangular church, early Christian form

Colossal order

Baroque columns spanning multiple stories

Onion dome

Typical Baroque dome in Central Europe

Cour d’honneur

Grand entrance courtyard (palace design)