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Czechoslovak Nationality Room
ca. 1935
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Title
Czechoslovak Nationality Room
Creator
Svolinský, Karel, 1896-1986
Svolinský, Marie
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
ca. 1935
Identifier
CZCR30.UA
Description
Tempera on paper by Karel and Marie Svolinsky of Prague. This design is a draft of the Tree of Life motif featured in the wall frescoes of the Czechoslovak room at the Cathedral of Learning. The Czechoslovak room emphasizes education, leadership and a love of nature. It was designed by Dr. Bohumil Slama. In the back of the room is the proclamation that King Charles the IV issued when he created Prague's Charles University in 1348. The murals near the windows depict animals and plants interacting, which were painted by artists Karel and Marie Svolinski from Prague. The Czechoslovak room was dedicated March 7, 1939. This room, along with twenty five other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the university with the immigrant culture of the steel working families.
Type
still image
Genre
paintings (visual works)
tempera paintings
Subject
Decoration and ornament
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Czechoslovak Room
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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