The whole Slavic epic in Prague

The Slavic Epos, a cycle of 20 allegories that traces the history of Slavic peoples and is partially inspired by mythology, was painted by the famous Czech modernist artist Alfons Mucha at the National Gallery in Prague. "Slavic epic" by Alphonse Mucha, is the pinnacle of the artist, who worked on this series for 18 years from 1910 to 1928.

Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) is the most famous Czech artist of the 20th century. He achieved international fame at the beginning of the century thanks to his separatist arts and crafts.

The fly saw his purpose in life in a project that he considered important. “Slavic epic” is a collection of twenty monumental paintings on which he worked from 1910 to 1928. The complete collection was presented to the public in Prague for the first time in 1928 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the independence of the Czechoslovak State. This exhibition was held in the newly built Veletrzni Palace and now she returned to this place today.

Currently, the exposition is presented on the basis of the original arrangement by Mukha of the chronology of the Slavic epic. This mechanism allows you to identify the relationship between the paintings, emphasizes the rhythm of the series, and also notes the main goals of this great work, in which Mucha invested in the measure of his abilities for many years. Thematic time intervals of the Slavic epic range from an impressive vision of the early history of the Slavs and the veneration of pagan gods, to the depiction of real cultural and intellectually significant historical events, to a vision of the intellectual significance of the Slavs for all of humanity.