Central Europe as a Meeting Point of Visual Cultures Circulation of Persons, Artifacts, and Ideas

FOLETTI, Ivan, Ondřej JAKUBEC and Radka NOKKALA MILTOVÁ. Central Europe as a Meeting Point of Visual Cultures Circulation of Persons, Artifacts, and Ideas. Řím: Viella, 2021, 248 pp. Studia Artium Medieavalium Brunensia 11. ISBN 978-88-3313-937-1.

Basic information

• Original name: Central Europe as a Meeting Point of Visual Cultures Circulation of Persons, Artifacts, and Ideas
• Authors: FOLETTI, Ivan, Ondřej JAKUBEC and Radka NOKKALA MILTOVÁ.
• Edition: Řím, 248 pp. Studia Artium Medieavalium Brunensia 11, 2021.
• Publisher: Viella

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Editorship of professional books
• Field of Study: 60400 6.4 Arts
• Country of publisher: Italy
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-88-3313-937-1
• Keywords in English: Central Europe; Visual Arts; Architecture; Znojmo; Marian Icon Worship; Rožmberk Castle; Longitudinal Dome Church Buildings; Polish Vasas; St James in Brno; Bohuslav Martinů; Václav Nebeský; Jiří Kroupa

Abstract

The end of World War I in 1918 meant a radical transformation of Central Europe: the multicultural space of former empires became divided into individual nation-states. This altered all spheres of life, deeply impacting the discipline of art history as well. The cosmopolitan vision of art history developed by figures from the Vienna School such as Franz Wickhoff and Alois Riegl was gradually replaced by new self-referential narratives. This nationalist tendency was reinforced by the division of Europe after World War II. In the wake of Jiří Kroupa’s pioneering studies, this volume takes a truly transcultural approach to art produced in the Central European region from the 12th to the 20th century. Freed from national prejudices, a region shaped by the constant movement of people, ideas, and objects emerges.