Cesko Barokní [antikvár]

Ceská krajina byla utváfena mnoha vlivy, ale její tváf je dodnes urcena barokem. Co se vlastné tehdy stale tak pfevratného? Baroko pfineslo zménu. Bylo vybuchem emocí, dynamiky, monumentality, zdobnosti, bylo okouzleno oblostí, expresivností a vzrusením, bylo to drama, doslova vinobití tvarú. Tichou pokoru vystfídala vykficená láska k Bohu i k ciovéku. Víra se vyhrnula z chrámű do krajiny a zaplavila ji pfívalem kfízkű, bozích muk, lesních kaplicek i poutních kostelíkü Krajina, která dosud teklajako more, byla náhie plná ostrűvkü, dominant, mist, na nichz zastavit se, nebo na nejen pohledét, bralo u srdce a vedlő k zamyslení. Vzedmula se mohutná vina stavební horlivosti. Pi^edstavovalo se a stavélo, nová idea byla nade vsechno. Opati klásterü byli zmitáni svárem mezi pokornym zachováním gotického genia loci a bytostnou potfebou prosvétlit a probarvit své chrámy barokní energií. Tehdy povstal génius Jana Blazeje Santinlho a pl'inesi jedinecny styl „barokní gotiky". Do Ceska se sjízdéli prední architekti z celé Evropy a sláva téch ceskych prudce stoupala. Proménovala se mésta i slechtická sidla. Krajina se stala obrovskou umné komponovanou zahradou. Vznikaly nové krajinotvorné prvky, o kterych dnes pohfichu ani nevíme, ze nám je dalo právé baroko. Pole se zvétslla, vznikaly meze. Objevily se aleje, budovaly se náhony k mlynűm a pilám. Zámky byly triumfem symetrie a okázalosti, zámecké zahrady fantaskními místy pinymi zákoutí, prühiedű a dokonale soumérnych tvarú záhonú 1 kefü. Chrámy byly piné hry svétla a stínu, obrovské fresky znásobovaly prostor, materiái pr'estal b^ podstatny, podstatny byl úcinek na ciovéka, a tak se zlatilo, malovalo, vytváfely se ohromující stukové vyzdoby Ceská krajina se stala jednou velkou cestou pinou nádhernych a oku lahodícich zastavení a vyhiedü. The landscape of Bohemia has been shaped by many influences, but its present appearance has been determined by the Baroque period. What actually happened back then that was so epochal? The Baroque period brought change. It was an explosion of emotion, dynamics, monumentality, and ornamentation; it enchanted with its rotundity, expressiveness, and excitement; it was a drama, literally a crashing wave of shapes. Silent humility alternated with screams of love for God and man. Faith flowed from the churches into the countryside and flooded it with a barrage of crosses, wayside shrines, forest shrines and small pilgrimage churches The landscape, which until then had flowed like the sea, was suddenly full of tiny islands, dominant features, places to stop at or merely admire, all tugging at your heart and encouraging reflection. A massive wave of building zeal surged. What was imagined was then built, and new ideas reigned supreme. Monastery abbots were tossed amidst the feud between holding to the humble genius loci ofthe Gothic and the essential need to illuminate and color their temples with Baroque energy. This period saw the emergence of the genius Jan Blazej Santini-Aichel, who brought about the unique style of "Baroque Gothic". Leading architects from all around Europe gathered In Bohemia while the fame of Bohemian architects surged. Cities and aristocratic manors were transformed. The countryside became an enormous garden of artful composition. New decorative landscape features emerged of which, woefully, we are even unaware today that they were given to us by the Baroque. Fields were enlarged and boundaries were created. Tree-lined alleys appeared, and mill runs were built for gristmills and sawmills. Chateaus were a triumph of symmetry and splendor, castle gardens became fantastic places full of nooks, vistas, and perfectly symmetrical shapes of flower beds and shrubs. Churches were a showcase for the play of light and shadow, massive frescos enlarged spaces, the effect of material on man was now more substantial than the material itself, and so they gilded, painted, and created stunning stucco decorations The Bohemian landscape became one great journey full of magnificent and breathtaking sites and vistas.