{"id":1467,"date":"2015-11-05T08:16:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T15:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2015-11-05T20:02:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T03:02:07","slug":"sculpture-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/sculpture-in-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture in Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1469\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/sculpture-in-prague\/2015-11-05-kafka-head-sculpture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1220,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Metalmorphosis&amp;#8221; by David \u010cern\u00fd. A moving portrait of Kafka, probably.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture-610x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1469\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Metalmorphosis&quot; by David \u010cern\u00fd. A moving portrait of Kafka, probably.\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture-610x1024.jpg 610w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Kafka-head-sculpture.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Metalmorphosis&#8221; by David \u010cern\u00fd. A moving portrait of Kafka, probably. Someone has posted a video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u4MYzL67Fkw\">here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1477\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Saint-Wenceslas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1477\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/sculpture-in-prague\/2015-11-05-saint-wenceslas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Saint-Wenceslas.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2015-11-05-Saint-Wenceslas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Saint Wenceslas&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Saint-Wenceslas.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1477\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Saint-Wenceslas-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Saint Wenceslas&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Saint-Wenceslas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Saint-Wenceslas.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Saint Wenceslas&#8221; by David \u010cern\u00fd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1474\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/sculpture-in-prague\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1228,2008\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Slight Uncertainty&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; Fiberglas sculpture by Michal Trp\u00e1k&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture-626x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1474\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Slight Uncertainty&quot; - Fiberglas sculpture by Michal Trp\u00e1k\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture-626x1024.jpg 626w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-umbrella-commuter-sculpture.jpg 1228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Slight Uncertainty&#8221; &#8211; Fiberglas sculpture by Michal Trp\u00e1k<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1470\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/sculpture-in-prague\/2015-11-05-pissing-men-sculpture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2025,1461\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Caught in a pissing match!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture-1024x739.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1470\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Caught in a pissing match!\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-05-Pissing-Men-sculpture.jpg 2025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caught in a pissing match! More David \u010cern\u00fd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>We recently returned from a trip to the Czech Republic. Prague has so many interesting sculptures, especially pieces by David \u010cern\u00fd, Prague&#8217;s bad-boy artist.<\/p>\n<p>His &#8220;Metalmorphosis&#8221; is hypnotic. We stood and watched it for longer than I would have imagined. His &#8220;Saint Wenceslas&#8221; is a biting commentary on this sculpture by <a title=\"Josef V\u00e1clav Myslbek\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josef_V%C3%A1clav_Myslbek\">Josef V\u00e1clav Myslbek<\/a>\u00a0in nearby Wenceslas Square.<\/p>\n<p>We saw most of the sculptures listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.praguepost.com\/166-expats-in-cz\/38034-top-10-strangest-statues-in-prague\">this article<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<em>Prague Post<\/em>. Unfortunately, I&#8217;ve lost a chunk of photos, or I&#8217;d include them here.<\/p>\n<p>It would have been easy to miss Michal Trp\u00e1k&#8217;s sculpture, &#8220;Slight Uncertainty&#8221;, hanging above a busy intersection, but our friend Jenny was there to make sure I didn&#8217;t. Thanks, Jenny!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll save the modern galleries and medieval manuscripts for later posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently returned from a trip to the Czech Republic. Prague has so many interesting sculptures, especially pieces by David \u010cern\u00fd, Prague&#8217;s bad-boy artist. His &#8220;Metalmorphosis&#8221; is hypnotic. We stood and watched it for longer than I would have imagined. His &#8220;Saint Wenceslas&#8221; is a biting commentary on this sculpture by Josef V\u00e1clav Myslbek\u00a0in nearby &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/05\/sculpture-in-prague\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sculpture in Prague&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[125],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sculpture","tag-prague"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bHT3-nF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}