The Castle Gardens, Prague
The International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens 2002
edited by Domenico Luciani and Patrizia Boschiero
Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche
Treviso 2002
76 pages
58 illustrations in colour and 19 black and white
pubblicazione fuori commercio
out of print
The gardens are laid out in the narrow spaces between ramparts, walls and the buildings of the castle, which was originally the seat of imperial power and later, from 1918, of the President of the Republic.
The gardens in their present form reflect the wishes of President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937) and the skills of the architect Jože Plečnik (1872-1957), brought together in the framework of a far-reaching project to redefine the role of the castle as a symbol of the country’s newly acquired democracy and of a desire to look forward to a “new Europe”.
Contents
Premio Internazionale Carlo Scarpa per il Giardino, 4
Regolamento e giuria, 5
Cerimonia della tredicesima edizione, 6
Motivazione della giuria, in italiano e in ceco, 7
Un regesto per i Giardini del Castello di Praga, a cura di Simonetta Zanon, 16
Tomáš Valena, «Sono stato nel giardino, sta diventando davvero bello!», 42
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), di Francesco Leoncini, 54
Jože Plečnik (1872-1957), di Sergio Polano, 58
The International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens. Regulations, 60
Report of the Jury, 61
Tomáš Valena, «I was down in the garden, it is becoming truly lovely!», 63
Bibliografia, 69
Tavola delle abbreviazioni, 74
Referenze sulle illustrazioni, 74
