The Slav Epic
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The Slav Epic is a monumental cycle of 20 large-scale paintings by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha that depicts key moments in the history and mythology of the Slavic peoples.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Slav Epic canonical | 3 |
| The Apotheosis of the Slavs | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork series
ⓘ
cycle of paintings ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Charles Richard Crane ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czech lands ⓘ |
| creator | Alphonse Mucha ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Czech ⓘ |
| depicts |
Czech history
ⓘ
Moravian history ⓘ Polish history ⓘ Russian history ⓘ South Slavic history ⓘ history of the Slavic peoples ⓘ mythology of the Slavic peoples ⓘ |
| donatedTo |
Prague
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Prague
|
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| hasDimensionsCharacteristic | very large-format canvases ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Grunwald
ⓘ
surface form:
After the Battle of Grunwald
The Slav Epic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Apotheosis of the Slavs
The Celebration of Svantovit at Rügen ⓘ George of Poděbrady ⓘ
surface form:
The Hussite King Jiří of Poděbrady
The Slavs in Their Original Homeland ⓘ |
| hasPartCount | 20 paintings ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Czech national revival
ⓘ
Slavic nationalism ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Czech
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| locatedInCollection |
National Gallery in Prague
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Prague collections
|
| locationOfFirstPublicDisplay | Prague ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Slavs ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Art Nouveau ⓘ |
| notableFor |
monumental scale
ⓘ
pan-Slavic theme ⓘ symbolist elements ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 20 ⓘ |
| originalExhibitionCity | Prague ⓘ |
| originalExhibitionVenue | Veletržní palác ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
controversy over permanent location in Prague
ⓘ
temporary exhibition in Brno in 2016 ⓘ temporary exhibition in Tokyo in 2017 ⓘ |
| supportMaterial | canvas ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alfons Mucha
this entity surface form:
The Apotheosis of the Slavs