Czech Gothic architecture
Czech Gothic architecture refers to the architectural period primarily of the Late Middle Ages in the area of the present-day Czech Republic.
Choir of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague built by Matthias of Arras and Peter Parler in 1344–1385
Portal of the church of Porta coeli Convent in Tišnov near Brno, Moravia, 1230s.
Portal of the Old New Synagogue in Prague using vine-leaf motifs, after 1270.
Teplá Abbey Church, Bohemia, consecrated in 1232
Peter Parler was a German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders. Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, he is one of the most prominent and influential craftsmen of the Middle Ages. Born and apprenticed in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Peter worked at several important late Medieval building sites, including Strasbourg, Cologne, and Nuremberg. After 1356 he lived in Prague, capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and seat of the Holy Roman Empire, where he created his most famous works: St. Vitus Cathedral and the Charles Bridge.
Self-portrait in stone at St. Vitus Cathedral, c. 1370
The choir of Holy Cross Minster, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Frauenkirche, Nuremberg, Germany, where the first sculpture by Peter Parler can be directly identified (1352–1356)
Interior of St. Vitus Cathedral, clearly showing the Parler-style balustrade
