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Visitors look at paintings of the "Slav Epic", a cycle of 20 allegories tracing the history of the Slavic people and inspired in part by mythology, by Art Nouveau Czech artist Alfons Mucha, at the National Gallery in Prague on May 10, 2012."The Slav Epic" by Alfons Mucha, a Czech Art Nouveau gem, went on display in Prague today, fulfilling the wish of the artist who spent 18 years on the series of paintings from 1910 to 1928. AFP PHOTO / MICHAL CIZEK (Photo credit should read MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/GettyImages)

Visitors look at paintings of the "Slav Epic", a cycle of 20 allegories tracing the history of the Slavic people and inspired in part by mythology, by Art Nouveau Czech artist Alfons Mucha, at the National Gallery in Prague on May 10, 2012."The Slav Epic" by Alfons Mucha, a Czech Art Nouveau gem, went on display in Prague today, fulfilling the wish of the artist who spent 18 years on the series of paintings from 1910 to 1928. AFP PHOTO / MICHAL CIZEK (Photo credit should read MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/GettyImages)
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