Prague Textures

by Joan Carroll

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18.000 x 12.000 inches

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Prague Textures

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Joan Carroll

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Off the famous Nerudova Street in Prague is a side street called Jansky Vrsek. As we were walking the back streets on the way to Nerodova Street, we came upon Jansky Vrsek in the long shadows and late afternoon sun of a Prague December. The beautiful light and shadows combined with the many textures of the street, railing, and bulding made this scene irresistible to me! This scene also shows the dual house numbering system in Prague. Buildings in big cities in Czech Republic have two numbers, one blue and one red. The blue ones are the orientation numbers - it is the ordinal number of the building on its street. Historically these numbers always started from the end of the street which is closer to a river. As is normal in Europe, odd numbers belong on one side of the street and even numbers on the other. This allows you to find quickly the house you are looking for. The red numbers are related to the house register of the entire quarter, and thus usually correspond to the order the buildings in that district were constructed.

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January 1st, 2014

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