1. Art and Architecture in Prague After 1945

2. Postwar Architecture Reconstruction of monuments – Betlem Chapel (Jan Hus) – Carolinum (Charles University) -Emauz Monastery Church, New Town Betlem Chapel Carolinum

3. Socialist Realism Hotel International, 1952-4, Stalin was expected to visit Stalin Monument, Letná, 1955; destroyed 1962 Return to the „classical values“ Monumentalising historism The aim of architecture was to create a system of architectural forms as political-ideological signs understandable to the working people and „make him proud of his victories and work successes“.

4. Socialist Realism Hotel Jalta, Wenceslas Sq. 1958 Statues on the terasse – A couple of agricultors with a jug of fresh milk, agricultors huging, agricultors with a sheaf of grain

5. „Brussels Style“ Expo 58 Great success of the Czechoslovak pavilion Laterna Magika first presented here – Alfréd Radok, Miloš Forman – Acting on the stage and on the screen at the same time Bright colours, inventive use of materials Reaction on the socialist realism Pavilon, destroyed Restaurant, nowadays at the Letná park

6. „Brussels Style“ Tramway Tatra T3, the most successful model produced since 1960´s Podolí Swimming Pool, Prague 4

7. Karel Prager Federal Assembly, 1966-73 – Used a building from the 1930´s – Use of a bridge girder – Large suspended glass wall New scene, National Theatre (Laterna Magika) Skewed shape lined with more than four thousand blown glass bricks with diverse profilation – form together a huge relief. Unique use of glass. Strict elegance, non-decorativeness, comfort Federal Assembly New Scene

8. Architecture of the 1970´s Underground, since 1974 -Nusle Bridge -Stability threatened by heavy soviet trains -Anděl -Reliefs with socialist topics Colonies of prefabricated houses -1950´s, 1960´s Prosek, Petřiny -1970´s, 1980´s, Southern and South-Western Town Kotva Shopping Mall 1970-5, Hexagons interconected by escalators

9. Malich Karel Malich (born 1924) Kinetic sculpture Use of wires since 1970´s Me and the One I am Meeting, 1976-1980 „I sit in a café, I have turned my head slightly to the left“, 1970´s - 1980

10. Veselý Aleš Veselý Sharp agressive objects in 1960´s Nowadays monumental sculpture – use of tree truncs, huge pieces of rock, steel Land Art – Project in the Negev Desert Please visit: http://www.ales- vesely.cz/ Please visit: http://www.ales- vesely.cz/ Chairs, 1960´s

11. Theodor Pištěk : Hyperrealism