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May 29, 2010
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In the background are pictured Prague Castle and St. Vitues Cathedral. In the foreground, Charles Bridge and Křížovnické Square are the setting for Vojtech Kubasta's 1969 fold-out nativity.
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May 30, 2010
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The moon and a doll plays hide-and-seek on the cover with Father Christmas, and inside a Yuletide scene pops-up to reveal Santa and his sleigh…
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This 1953 Kubasta Lidovy Betlém crčche sheet sets the Nativity in a cottage, where Mary, in apron and kerchief, and Joseph, with pipe, rock Baby Jesus. A young boy is putting the finishing touches on a snow man; another fiddels; and a little angel, on rooftop, writes on the snow with his finger: Pokoz lidem dobré vule (Peace to people of Good will)—Peace on Earth.
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"My father loved drawing pictures for children," says Vojtech Kubasta's daughter, Dagmar Kubostová Vrkljan. "His life's ambition, he maintained, was to enrich the lives of children." Kubasta's work still enchants the young—and the young at heart…
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May 29, 2010
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Among the many Vojtech Kubasta nativities, The Biennes Center for the Literary Arts rare books collection includes Aladin's Magic Lamp." Aladdin, in harem pants, pointed shoes, and eastern hat, holds a lighted lantern. Emanating from its smoke, a genie floats above, holding a light bulb with the word "Prague." What an original image for an electric company!
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