- Welcome to the Slovak Culture Profile
- Slovakia
- Architecture
- Oldest Architectural Monuments in The Slovak Territory
- Architecture of Early Slavs
- Medieval Architecture: Monasteries, Castles and First Towns
- Gothic Architecture: The Artistic Peak of the Late Middle Ages
- Renaissance: from Spiritual to Secular
- Baroque Architecture and The Triumphal Comeback of Sacred Art
- Baroque Palaces and Manor Houses
- The Enlightenment and the Architecture of Classicism
- Diversity of Styles and Building Types in the 19th Century
- Art Nouveau, Regionalism and National Style
- Modern Architecture
- Slovak Architectural Heritage
- Competitions and awards in area of art and culture
- Creative industries
- Experiment and culture of new media
- Festivals
- Film
- Historical development
- Early film activity
- Film in the Czechoslovak Republic after 1918
- Jánošík (1921)
- Film production from the silent movie era
- The work of Karol Plicka
- The birth of national cinematography
- Slovak film after 1945
- ‘Awakening’ films and the social dramas of the 1950s
- The beginnings of film comedy
- Developments after 1956
- The creative outburst of Slovak film in the early 1960s
- Origins and development of ‘New Wave’
- Development of the Slovak cinematographic infrastructure
- The consequences of ‘normalisation’ on the Slovak film arts
- Popularising film in the 1970s and 1980s
- Searching for solutions after 1989
- Literature and film
- Lyricised prose and its forms in film adaptations
- Recommended literature
- Heritage
- Historical background
- Prehistoric architecture
- Great Moravian architecture
- Romanic architecture
- Roman architecture
- Gothic architecture
- Renaissance architecture
- Baroque architecture
- Classicistic architecture
- Historicist architecture
- Secessionist architecture
- Early 20th century architecture
- Late 20th century architecture
- Folk architecture
- Preservation and restoration
- National cultural monuments
- Town conservation reservations
- Banská Bystrica City Conservation Reservation
- Banská Štiavnica Town Conservation Reservation
- Bardejov Town Conservation Reservation
- Bratislava City Conservation Reservation
- Kežmarok Town Conservation Reservation
- Košice City Conservation Reservation
- Kremnica Town Conservation Reservation
- Levoča Town Conservation Reservation
- Nitra City Conservation Reservation
- Podolínec Town Conservation Reservation
- Prešov City Conservation Reservation
- Spišská Sobota Town Conservation Reservation
- Spišské Podhradie Town Conservation Reservation – Spišská Kapitula
- Štiavnické Bane Town Conservation Reservation
- Svätý Jur Town Conservation Reservation
- Trenčín City Conservation Reservation
- Trnava City Conservation Reservation
- Žilina City Conservation Reservation
- Folk architecture reservations
- Building in Brhlovce, hosting a museum exhibition
- Čičmany Folk Architecture Reservation
- Osturňa Folk Architecture Reservation
- Plavecký Peter Folk Architecture Reservation
- Podbiel Folk Architecture Reservation
- Stará Hora – Sebechleby Folk Architecture Reservation
- Špania Dolina Folk Architecture Reservation
- Veľké Leváre Folk Architecture Reservation
- Vlkolínec Folk Architecture Reservation
- Ždiar Folk Architecture Reservation
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Banská Štiavnica and Surrounding Technical Monuments – cultural heritage site
- Levoča, Spiš Castle and Associated Cultural Monuments
- Vlkolínec – cultural heritage site
- Bardejov
- Wooden Churches – cultural heritage sites
- Evangelical ‚Articled‘ Wooden Church at Hronsek
- Evangelical ‚Articled‘ Wooden Church at Kežmarok
- Evangelical ‚Articled‘ Wooden Church at Leštiny
- Greek Catholic Wooden Church of St Nicholas at Bodružal
- Greek Catholic Wooden Church of St Michael the Archangel at Ladomirová
- Greek Catholic Wooden Church of St Nicholas the Bishop at Ruská Bystrá
- Roman Catholic Wooden Church of St Francis of Assisi at Hervartov
- Roman Catholic Wooden Church at Tvrdošín
- Caves of the Slovenský Kras and Aggtelek Karst
- Carpathian Primeval Beech Forest – natural heritage site
- Properties submitted on the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Museums
- Galleries
- Restoration in Slovakia Past and Present
- Historical background
- Literature
- Media
- Performing arts
- Theatre
- Music
- Classical Music
- Popular music and jazz
- Traditional popular music (1800 – 1918)
- The inter-war period (1918 – 1939)
- The period of the Slovak State
- Development after The Second World War
- 1950 – Present
- 1960s: a favourable situation for stylistic diversity
- TV shows and festivals: The birth of Slovak popular music show business
- Dance Orchestra of the Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava (TOČR)
- Operettas and musical from 1950s to the present day
- Lyricists, librettists and screenwriters
- Revival of traditional jazz and birth of big beat
- Bratislava and jazz in the 1970s
- Big beat in Bratislava: A development milestone in Slovak popular music
- Development after November 1989
- Current development of popular music and jazz in Slovakia
- Dance
- Tourism
- Traditional folk culture
- Visual arts
- Applied arts
- Design
- Fashion and clothing design
- Clothing on territory of Slovakia in the Middle Ages
- Renaissance clothing in Slovakia (end of 15th century up to twenties of 17th century)
- Clothing in Slovakia under influence of baroque (twenties of 17th century up to twenties of 18th century)
- Clothing in Slovakia influenced by rococo good taste (forties up to nineties of 18th century)
- Fashion in Slovakia in century longer than 100 years (end of 18th century up to 1918)
- Classicism in fashion (the nineties of 18th century up to the second half of 19th century)
- Fashion in period of Biedermeier (twenties and forties of 19th century)
- Fashion of second rococo (fifties and sixties of 19th century)
- Bustle fashion (seventies up to beginning of nineties of 19th century)
- Art Nouveau (secessional) fashion (half of nineties of 19th century – 1918)
- Clothing at the time of the First Czechoslovak Republic
- Clothing in period of Slovak State
- Clothing in Slovakia at the time of communist Czechoslovakia
- Graphic arts
- Intermedia arts and new media
- Painting
- Photography
- Sculpture
- Textile production
Contact
University Library in Bratislava
Michalská 1
814 17 Bratislava
Tel.: +421 (0) 2 20 466 224
This project is realized with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.