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Between ‘gout grec’ and ‘diverse maniere’ : Neoclassical Decorative Arts in Central Europe in the Second Half of the 18th Century

SUCHÁNEK, Pavel and Tomáš VALEŠ

Basic information

Original name

Between ‘gout grec’ and ‘diverse maniere’ : Neoclassical Decorative Arts in Central Europe in the Second Half of the 18th Century

Authors

SUCHÁNEK, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Tomáš VALEŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studi Neoclassici Rivista Internazionale, 2020, 2420-8264

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60401 Arts, Art history

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/20:00114350

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Neoclassicism; Decorative Arts; Interior Decorations; Design Work; 18th Century; Central Europe; Habsburg Monarchy; Moravia

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 11/4/2021 21:09, Mgr. Zuzana Matulíková

Abstract

V originále

The study explores the influence the Italian antiquarian tradition (Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Giocondo Albertolli, Carlo Antonini etc.) in the example of a group of artworks created by several artists in one province of the Habsburg Empire. The first part of the study focuses on several designs and works of decorative art that lie on the edge between painting, sculpture, and decorative art. The second part seeks to interpret the findings of the analysis in the wider context of contemporary Enlightenment reforms, the formation of modern institutions, and, generally, the transformation of the Habsburg Monarchy’s cultural policy in the period towards the end of Empress Maria Theresa’s rule (1740-1780) and the beginning of that of Emperor Joseph II (1780-1790). The article concludes by reflecting on the nature of transcultural transfers in the late 18th century, defined, on the one hand, by the Enlightenment ideal of a universal culture and, on the other, by relatively overt efforts to create a local, to some degree ‘nationalised’, interpretation of that ideal.

Links

GA20-09541S, research and development project
Name: Dějiny umění na Moravě: Morava v dějinách umění (Acronym: Dějiny umění na Moravě)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation