February 27 2009
Detail of Mucha stained glass in the Saint Vitus Cathedral. On the last day I managed to make it out to the Alfons Mucha museum, and it was incredibly worth it. I’d always been a fan of his style (though not necessarily of Art Nouveau in general), and the museum traced the development of his characteristic posters, from the most popular ones produced in Prais - through to his return to Prague and hand in the creation of Slavic artistic mainstays. Unfortunately the museum didn’t allow any photographs or I’d have a whole album’s worth, though I did manage to get some good sketches in and purchase a gigantic book of color-prints. I just hope it can fit into my carry-on back to Paris!

Detail of Mucha stained glass in the Saint Vitus Cathedral.

On the last day I managed to make it out to the Alfons Mucha museum, and it was incredibly worth it. I’d always been a fan of his style (though not necessarily of Art Nouveau in general), and the museum traced the development of his characteristic posters, from the most popular ones produced in Prais - through to his return to Prague and hand in the creation of Slavic artistic mainstays.

Unfortunately the museum didn’t allow any photographs or I’d have a whole album’s worth, though I did manage to get some good sketches in and purchase a gigantic book of color-prints. I just hope it can fit into my carry-on back to Paris!

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    I'm a third year University of Chicago student with a concentration in Political Science and a minor in French Language and Literature. In the Winter of 2009, I'll fulfill my dream of studying abroad in Paris, with an enrollment in a ten-week social sciences program.

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