Century Guild
Le Pater
Alphonse Mucha's Symbolist Masterpiece and the Lineage of Mysticism
Museum-quality printing, limited availability
Le Pater: Alphonse Mucha’s Symbolist Masterpiece and the Lineage of Mysticism offers an unprecedented view of Mucha’s 1899 Le Pater series in definitive expanded edition. Each image captured directly from the original artworks in the Century Guild collection using museum-grade imaging practices and presented in a luxurious bibliophile volume designed to dramatically recreate the experience of the original 1899 presentation.
The ultimate edition of this epic study of Mucha's most personal series features the entirety of Alphonse Mucha's 1899 series of artworks, faithfully reproduced to scale, with an original body of research that reveals the mystical systems and encoded symbols behind every page.
Featuring a thorough historical narrative outlining mystical symbolism from Albrecht Dürer and Wiliam Blake to the 19th century occult artworks of the Salon Rose+Croix, the artworks and theories of Jacob Böhme, Robert Fludd, and the Invisible College, and the codings of sacred geometry and Hermeticism, author Thomas Negovan provides readers with the language necessary to interpret the symbols and imagery of Alphonse Mucha's artworks.
With photographs from private collections that have never before been printed, rare historical artifacts, mystical artworks, and Mucha's original sketches and theories, Le Pater: Alphonse Mucha's Symbolist Masterpiece and the Lineage of Mysticism is a beautiful tribute to the artist who defined the Art Nouveau movement and a necessary addition to every art book collection.
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About the Book
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Hardcover
- Available in a limited edition
- Ultra-high-resolution images captured directly from the original artworks
- Giant 12 × 16 in. hardcover, printed to scale with the original Le Pater series
- Fine cotton paper with advanced color correction, deluxe varnishes, ribbon bookmark, and gilt highlighting
- Leather-style cover with gilt lettering and hubbed spine
Deluxe Clamshell
- Limited to 400 copies, signed and numbered by author on vellum sheet
- Full leather-style cover with gilt lettering and hubbed spine
- Custom-designed, hand-marbled endpapers by master artist Renato Crepaldi
- Presented in an archival fabric clamshell box, designed to recreate the original 1899 presentation
- Includes archival facsimile print of Amen by Alphonse Mucha
In 1899, Alphonse Mucha created an intensely personal series of occult-themed artworks as a love letter to the close of the century and a message of hope to the future.
This mystical and non-denominational exploration, titled Le Pater, was both praised and reviled by Mucha's contemporaries as his most controversial and meaningful work.
Published in an edition of 510 copies on December 20, 1899, Mucha called his visionary interpretation of the Lord's Prayer "the thing I have put my soul into." Now, 120 years later, Le Pater is celebrated as his rarest and most powerful creation.
All the images in this book are taken directly from the rare, original period artworks in the Century Guild collection, and are printed at the absolute highest resolution possible. We take extensive care in our image processing and color correction to ensure that the artworks are presented with accuracy and detail.
While many books rely heavily on the imaging practices of third parties, images featured in Century Guild books are faithfully captured directly from the original source materials.
Each of our books are a unique journey through over two decades of mindful collecting, curation, and original research, making these volumes true permanent exhibitions.
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Rare images you won't find online
While the internet is a magnificent repository of data, at Century Guild we still love curling up with books! And many–if not most–of the images presented here are not available on the internet at all. Each image was captured from the original artwork, professionally photographed and meticulously color corrected, and printed for you to enjoy at the highest resolution possible.
