Kamil Hilbert, an Architect-Conservator

Abstrakt_Diplomová práce_Kamil Hilbert, architekt - památkář.txt Kamil Hilbert, An Architect - Conservator The main terms: Kamil Hilbert, preservation of monuments, St. Vít's cathedral, historismus, secession Kamil Hilbert (*12. 2. 1869 Louny - †25. 6. 1933 Praha) was a Czech architect in the late 19th and early 20th century, most widely known as the last master builder of the St. Vít's cathedral in Prague. His work was mostly focused on historical monument preservation. At the same time, he worked as an architect and builder himself. He was not only creator and preservationist, but also an archeologist and, in its way, even an art historian. He published several interesting studies covering results of archeological excavations at building sites; he was also keen on art topography. Furthermore, he was one of the founding members of "Ústřední památková rada za české země", an agency established in 1911 in Wien whose mission was protection of historical monuments in Czech kingdom; he also acted as a supervisor and advisor at individual restoration projects. Working closely with an important Czech art historian Max Dvořák (a student of Riegel who introduced the modern historical monument preservation concepts), Hilbert built the foundations of modern historical monument preservation in the Czech lands. Up to..