Jan W. Drnek: The Slav Epic of Alphonse Mucha

[1st Floor] Presentation of a limited edition book offering a glimpse at the smallest details of Mucha’s artworks, unveiling the magnificent Slav Epic in an unseen form. Q&A with the author.

The time has come for the spectacular cycle of paintings created by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, the Slav Epic, to be followed by a procession of prodigious books intended to honor his art. The Epic is a book created by a team led by the photographer Jan William Drnek, who used a unique technology to provide the most faithful reproduction of Mucha’s cycle.

Between 2017 and 2018 J. W. Drnek captured digital images of all twenty canvases, covering an average of 650 m2. Special lighting was used for each painting captured in 300 digital images. These high quality photographs allowed to use a resolution so fine, that based on a hand-tuned raster, a naked eye could not differentiate the details in the original from those in the printed reproductions. With a magnifying glass at hand, one can examine the painting in more depth than one ever could in an art gallery.

This event is organized by Czech Center New York. For more information, visit www.czechcenter.com.

From Bohemian National Hall.