Nationalising Czech Modernism. Review of: Marta Filipová, Modernity, History, and Politics in Czech Art, Series: Routledge Research in Art and Politics, New York: Routledge, 2019
This monograph investigates Czech modernism from the late nineteenth century to 1938. Rather than viewing modernism as a rejection of nationalism, art historian Marta Filipová argues that many Czech artists and art critics sought ways to ‘nationalise modernism’. Because modernism’s development coinc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Art Historiography |
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| Online Access: | https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/paces-rev.pdf |
| Summary: | This monograph investigates Czech modernism from the late nineteenth century to 1938. Rather than viewing modernism as a rejection of nationalism, art historian Marta Filipová argues that many Czech artists and art critics sought ways to ‘nationalise modernism’. Because modernism’s development coincided with Czech nation-building and state formation, artists and critics used modernist forms to demonstrate their nation’s progressiveness. Filipová focuses on the intellectual history of the relationship between nationalism and modernism, by examining Czech art journals and other art writing. She takes a thematic approach and investigates various modernisms, considering regionalism, social class, gender, political differences, and ethnic diversity. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-4752 |