Through the eyes of Franz Kafka: Between Image and Language

Rakusanova, Marie - Sawicki, Nicholas (eds.)

ISBN 10: 8074374262 / ISBN 13: 9788074374265

Published by Prague - Pilsen: Kant - Karel Kerlicky - Gallery of West Bohemia 2024, 2025

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Published on the occassion of an exhibition in the Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen (5 June - 28 October 2024); hardback, cloth binding, 221 pp., amply illustrated, 4to (21 x 27.5 cm), brand-new copy. "Through the Eyes of Franz Kafka: Between Image and Language traces the writer Franz Kafka's interest in modern art and visual culture. Examining Kafka's relationship to visuality, the book explores the diversity of images that surrounded Kafka in his home city of Prague-a heterogeneous and multilingual metropolis whose visual environment shaped his everyday experiences. It maps how Kafka engaged with local painting and sculpture, architecture, and monuments, and also with an array of popular visual media and phenomena from illustrated magazines and advertising to film, photography, dance, and cabaret. Kafka's attention to the modern visual culture of his era was reflected in his writings and in his interest in drawing, a practice in which he received preliminary training and which he took up in his free time during his years as a university student." Book Language/s: English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Through the eyes of Franz Kafka: Between Image and Language
• Publisher: Prague - Pilsen: Kant - Karel Kerlicky - Gallery of West Bohemia 2024
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8074374262
• ISBN 13: 9788074374265
• Binding: Hardcover
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Journey through Kafka’s Prague and discover the art, architecture, media and performances that influenced the author’s oeuvre

What did Franz Kafka see and do, whom did he meet and what did he read while roaming the streets of Prague? Through the Eyes of Franz Kafka brings the world of turn-of-the-century Czechoslovakia and its cultural milieu to life. The author’s home city was a heterogeneous and multilingual metropolis whose visual environment shaped his everyday experiences, from local painting and sculpture to architecture, monuments and popular visual media including advertisements, photography and cabaret. Kafka’s attention to the modern visual culture of his era was reflected in his writings and in his interest in drawing, a practice in which he received preliminary training and which he took up in his free time during his years as a university student. This illustrated publication immerses us in Kafka’s world; by following in his footsteps and looking through his eyes, we gain a new understanding of his thoughts, philosophies and inspirations.