Art Nouveau in Olomouc

Art Nouveau in Olomouc (GC190K0)

Type: multi micro cache
Coordinates: doplnit !!!

Art nouveau is the last of the universal international art styles. It made fashion and lifestyle of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. It was called Art nouveau in France or Jugendstil in Germany. The name Sezession means secession in German. It points to the German and Austrian groups of artists that fell apart with conservative academies.
Art nouveau came back to handicraft which was supposed to be an opposite to industrial ugliness.

Let´s go for a walk through Olomouc and watch some typical signs of art nouveau architecture.

Because the streets are sometimes narrow and your GPS might lose the signal it can be handful to use the prepared plan of our walk (se below).
Significant signs of art nouveau architecture will be written underline.

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1st Stage N 49° 35.732’   E 17° 14.931’
Our walk begins in 8.kvetna street. There you can see a house with typical rich stuccoed floral and figural decoration.

A = count of bubbles including the one which is stil on boys´ mouthpiece. Joined bubbles count each separately.

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2nd Stage N 49° 35.704’   E 17° 14.879’
At these coordinates stands a house with a wavy ending of the upper outline of building and rich stuccoed decoration. Interesting are nearly jewellery ornaments on the front.

B = count of arches on the upper outline of building

N 49° 35.662’   E 17° 14.925’ are coordinates of another art nouveau house in Riegr street. Notice a cornice with glass filling, which is held by iron girders. And this element we will seek at the folowing stage.

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3rd and 4th Stages - Ostružnická ulice
I have two tasks for you here:

C = how many houses in this street have the glass cornice ?

And on the house at the coordinates N 49° 35.705’   E 17° 15.207’ notice a typical use of colorful ceramic tiles.

What does the girl on the relief hold in her hands ?
camera D=6
paraffin/kerosene lamp D=7
loaf of bread D=8

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5th Stage N 49° 35.753’   E 17° 15.377’
A building of the Museum of modern arts with typical arched windows. Two reliefs by sides of the main entrance remind former functions of this building - a hospital and a prison.

E = how many clearly visible persons are there in both of these reliefs ? (E is without remainder divisible by 3)

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6th Stage N 49° 35.649’   E 17° 15.288’
This stage leads us to the most important art nouveau landmark in Olomouc. It is a villa of bankers family of Primavesi. It was built in 1905-1906. There were some paintings by a famous art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt there thanks to his close contacts with Primavesi family (he made some portraits of Primavesi family members).
There are a lot of stained-glass windows. Till today there are some gems of art nouveau art handicraft in the interior: dining table and chairs, jamb of walls, chandelier, fireplace, fountain, stairs.

Which color dominates in the mosaic on the jamb of main entrance ?
green F=4
blue F=5
red F=6

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Final stage
To get to the final you have to go through the walls. The final coordinates are:

N 49° 35,(D)(F)(A-E-F-C)’    E 17° 15,(B)(C+1)(E-8)’

The sum of numerals behind decimal point equals 19. 



Hint: beneath a window by a tree under a stone

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