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Public perceptions of the alternative lifestyles supposedly led by artists were further molded by George du Maurier's romanticized best-selling novel of Bohemian culture Trilby (1894). The novel outlines the fortunes of three expatriate English artists, their Irish model, and two colourful Central European musicians, in the artist quarter of Paris.
The Bohemian style, often termed 'Boho chic', is a fashion and lifestyle choice characterized by its unconventional and free-spirited essence. While its precise origins are debated, Bohemian style is believed to have been influenced by the nomadic lifestyle of the Romani people during the late 19th century to the early 20th century.
Bohemian Massif, a mountainous region of central Czech Republic, eastern Germany, southern Poland and northern Austria; Bohemian, a brand of beer brewed by Molson Coors; The Bohemian (Renoir painting), a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir completed in 1868
This use of the word in the English language was imported from French in the mid-19th century and was used to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, journalists, musicians, and actors in major European cities.
The renewal of the old Bohemian Crown (Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia, and Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia) became the official political program of both Czech liberal politicians and the majority of Bohemian aristocracy ("state rights program"), while parties representing the German minority and small part of the aristocracy ...
The Bohemian Diet in 1564 Coat of arms of the Austrian province of Bohemia by Hugo Gerard Ströhl. Upon the death of the Hussite king, the Bohemian estates elected the Polish prince Ladislaus Jagiellon as king, who negotiated the Peace of Olomouc in 1479. In 1490, after the death of Matthias Corvinus, he was also elected by the strongest ...
Bopea, a portmanteau of Bohemian Peasantry, defines a contemporary socio-economic group succeeding the Sloane Rangers, Bobos, and hipsters. [1] The term characterizes an emerging group of individuals blending bohemian values of creativity and non-conformism with a more traditional "neo-peasant" worldview that values nature, community, and craft.
Bořivoj was the first historically documented Duke of Bohemia from about 870 and progenitor of the Přemyslid dynasty. [4]Cosmas of Prague's (1045–1125) Chronicle of Bohemians (1119), describes the legendary foundation of the Bohemian state by the earliest Bohemians around the year 600 (Duke Bohemus, Duke Krok and his three daughters), Duchess Libuše and the foundation of Přemyslid ...