Charles IV, Emperor and King of Bohemia – a visionary and founder ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** prof. Jiří Kuthan, prof. Jan Royt Nakladatelství Lidové noviny This singular publication is the result of the lifelong work of the professors of art hist and Jiří Kuthan. The book does not seek to provide the biography of Charles IV, the causes consequences of events. It rather focuses on the works of art such as buildings, paintings objects of handicraft, mainly goldsmithery, which are related to Charles IV, one of the gr and commissioners of artwork in the Middle Ages in Europe.