Czech Cubism
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Czech Cubism was an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement in Bohemia that uniquely applied Cubist principles to painting, sculpture, design, and especially architecture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Czech Cubism canonical | 5 |
| Czech Cubist architects | 1 |
| Czech modern architecture | 1 |
| Český kubismus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Czech Cubism Context triple: [Josef Gočár, movement, Czech Cubism]
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A.
Prague Secession
Prague Secession refers to the Czech branch of the broader Secession (Art Nouveau) movement, characterized by its distinctive decorative style in architecture and the visual arts in Prague around the turn of the 20th century.
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Czech New Wave
Czech New Wave was a 1960s Czechoslovak film movement known for its innovative, humanistic, and often politically subversive cinema that blended realism with dark humor and formal experimentation.
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CoBrA
CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
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D.
Budapest Secession
Budapest Secession refers to the Hungarian branch of the broader Secessionist (Art Nouveau) movement, centered in Budapest and characterized by its distinctive modernist art and architectural style at the turn of the 20th century.
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E.
Vienna Secession
The Vienna Secession was an Austrian art movement founded in 1897 by artists such as Gustav Klimt, who sought to break from academic traditions and promote modern, stylistically innovative art and design.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Czech Cubism Target entity description: Czech Cubism was an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement in Bohemia that uniquely applied Cubist principles to painting, sculpture, design, and especially architecture.
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A.
Prague Secession
Prague Secession refers to the Czech branch of the broader Secession (Art Nouveau) movement, characterized by its distinctive decorative style in architecture and the visual arts in Prague around the turn of the 20th century.
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B.
Czech New Wave
Czech New Wave was a 1960s Czechoslovak film movement known for its innovative, humanistic, and often politically subversive cinema that blended realism with dark humor and formal experimentation.
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C.
CoBrA
CoBrA was an avant-garde European art movement (1948–1951) known for its spontaneous, expressive, and often abstract painting style influenced by folk art, children’s drawings, and primitivism.
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D.
Budapest Secession
Budapest Secession refers to the Hungarian branch of the broader Secessionist (Art Nouveau) movement, centered in Budapest and characterized by its distinctive modernist art and architectural style at the turn of the 20th century.
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E.
Vienna Secession
The Vienna Secession was an Austrian art movement founded in 1897 by artists such as Gustav Klimt, who sought to break from academic traditions and promote modern, stylistically innovative art and design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (89)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural movement
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art movement ⓘ |
| aim |
to apply Cubist principles to architecture
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to create a specifically Czech form of Cubism ⓘ to unify fine arts and applied arts ⓘ |
| associatedGroup |
Artěl cooperative
ⓘ
linked to:
Artěl
Mánes Union of Fine Arts ⓘ Skupina výtvarných umělců ⓘ |
| associatedInstitution |
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
ⓘ
Prague School of Applied Arts ⓘ |
| characteristic |
crystalline volumes
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dynamic diagonals ⓘ expressive use of geometry ⓘ faceted forms ⓘ geometric abstraction ⓘ integration of fine and applied arts ⓘ sharp angles ⓘ three-dimensional interpretation of Cubism ⓘ |
| country | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
|
| culturalContext |
Czech National Revival legacy
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emergence of Czechoslovak national identity ⓘ |
| CzechName |
Český kubismus
ⓘ
linked to:
Czech Cubism
|
| distinctFrom |
Analytical Cubism
ⓘ
linked to:
Cubism
Art Nouveau ⓘ French Cubism ⓘ Rondocubism ⓘ Synthetic Cubism ⓘ
linked to:
Cubism
|
| endTime | mid-1920s ⓘ |
| field |
applied arts
ⓘ
architecture ⓘ ceramics ⓘ furniture design ⓘ graphic design ⓘ interior design ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Czech Cubism Museum in the House of the Black Madonna ⓘ |
| hasType |
avant-garde movement
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geometric style ⓘ modernist style ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Bohemia ⓘ |
| influenced |
Czech applied arts
ⓘ
Czech design ⓘ Czech painting ⓘ Czech sculpture ⓘ Czechoslovak modern architecture ⓘ Rondocubism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Art Nouveau
ⓘ
Expressionism ⓘ Fauvism ⓘ French Cubism ⓘ
linked to:
Cubism
Georges Braque ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ Symbolism ⓘ Vienna Secession ⓘ modernism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Czech ⓘ |
| location |
Bohemia
ⓘ
Prague ⓘ |
| movementCenter | Prague ⓘ |
| notablePractitioner |
Antonín Procházka
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Bedřich Feigl ⓘ Bohumil Kubišta ⓘ Emil Filla ⓘ Emil Králíček ⓘ František Kupka ⓘ Josef Chochol ⓘ
linked to:
Pavel Janák
Josef Gočár ⓘ Otakar Novotný ⓘ Otto Gutfreund ⓘ Pavel Janák ⓘ Rudolf Kremlička ⓘ Vincenc Beneš ⓘ Vlastislav Hofman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cubist lamp post at Jungmannovo náměstí
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Cubist staircase in the House of the Black Madonna ⓘ Diamond House in Prague ⓘ Hodkovičky villas by Josef Chochol ⓘ House of the Black Madonna ⓘ Kovařovic Villa ⓘ |
| partOf | European avant-garde ⓘ |
| period |
interwar period
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pre–World War I ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Central European modern architecture
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Czech modernism ⓘ Rondocubism ⓘ |
| startTime |
1910
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early 1910s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Czech Cubism Description of subject: Czech Cubism was an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement in Bohemia that uniquely applied Cubist principles to painting, sculpture, design, and especially architecture.
Referenced by (8)
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