PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kysilková, Kristýna
TI  - Contribution to organic ornament in late Gothic period
DP  - 2010 Jun 15
TA  - Staletá Praha
PG  - 80--91
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
AID - 10.56112/sp.2010.1.05
IS  - 02316056
AB  - This article briefly describes the use of organic ornaments in late Gothic architecture in Prague during the reign of Vladislav II. This 15th century architectural motif is considered in a wider Bohemian, as well as in European, space. Examples from Prague are compared with several similar foliage ornaments from Bohemia and also from Portugal. The Portuguese Manueline Gothic style of this period is characterised by expressive naturalistic decoration as well. These related motifs indicate the connection to the Central European and also Bohemian and Prague late Gothic period. A known example of this connection is a master printer Valentim Fernandes de Morávia, who passed new information and ideas from Portuguese royal court back to his homeland. His activity illustrates connection of Central Europe to distant European countries at the beginning of the Postmedieval period, which developed in various fields, including architecture.