Last chance to visit the exhibition Architecture in Prints of the 16th to 18th Century

The exhibition is composed of collections from the Archbishopric of Olomouc and presents a curatorial selection of the most valuable and interesting works. The unifying theme is various forms of architectural representation in graphic art from the 16th to 18th centuries.

“Very soon, the repertoire of architectural prints was also enriched by vedutas, followed by albums dedicated to urban settlements and individual buildings, including, for example, garden architecture and interior furnishings,” says curator Helena Zápalková. “Among the most important exhibits that visitors will see are richly illustrated albums by Baroque architects Paul Decker, Johann Bernhard Fischer of Erlach and Salomon Kleiner, sets of views of ancient monuments and contemporary Baroque Italian architecture and gardens by Giovanni Battista Falda, and works by one of the most original Italian printmakers of the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi.”

Various architectural treatises and theoretical writings of the architects themselves were illustrated through graphics, and contemporary and past buildings were documented. “Especially in the Baroque period, casual and ephemeral architecture also became popular, and designs for ideal buildings, so-called capriccio, emerged from sheer imagination and creativity,” adds Helena Zápalková.