{"id":181,"date":"2016-01-23T20:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2016-02-08T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:48:19","slug":"art-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/art\/art-1\/","title":{"rendered":"..."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Czechoslovakia, 1919<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Postage stamps mounted on collector\u2019s album page<\/span><br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">George S. <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Champlin<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Memorial Stamp Collection<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alphonse_Mucha\">Alphonse Mucha<\/a>\u2019s art helped define the national identity of the newly independent Czechoslovakia after World War I. He designed the nation&#8217;s first postage stamps, currency, and government documents. Mucha\u2019s style is synonymous with Art Nouveau, a movement that represented \u00a0progress and prosperity. For this stamp, Mucha chose a view of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Vitus_Cathedral\">St. Vitus Cathedral<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague_Castle\">Hrad\u010dany Castle<\/a> in Prague, which he believed embodied both the past and future of his homeland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-355 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web.jpg\" alt=\"StampEx011md_web\" width=\"800\" height=\"1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web.jpg 1295w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-768x974.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-100x127.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-150x190.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-200x254.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-300x381.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-450x571.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-600x761.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/01\/StampEx011md_web-900x1142.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Czechoslovakia, 1919 Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) Postage stamps mounted on collector\u2019s album page George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection Alphonse Mucha\u2019s art helped define the national identity of the newly independent Czechoslovakia after World War I. He designed the nation&#8217;s first postage stamps, currency, and government documents. Mucha\u2019s style is synonymous with Art Nouveau, a movement <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/exhibit\/art\/art-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181\/revisions\/906"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/stamps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}