Wealthy patrons sponsored the production of elaborate altarpieces

Silvia Malaguzzi

Edited by Giulia Caneva

53 b/w illustrations

Modern Architecture in Czechoslovakia and Other Writings exclude Wealthy patrons sponsored the productionKarel Teige Introduction by Jean Louis Cohen Translations by Irena Murray and David Britt The writings of graphic designer, prolific critic, and avant garde partisan Karel Teige (1900 1951) represent one of the great forgotten legacies of modern artistic theory. Together with Jaromr Krejcar and Josef Chocol, he founded the radical Devetsil group in 1920, an organization committed to promoting international modernism through manifestos and polemics.