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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Main Author: Cynthia Paces
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/paces-rev.pdf
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description 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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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
Journal of Art Historiography
bohemian lands
czechoslovakia
nationalism
modernism
art history
title 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
title_full 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
title_fullStr 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
title_full_unstemmed 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
title_short 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
title_sort nationalising czech modernism review of marta filipova modernity history and politics in czech art series routledge research in art and politics new york routledge 2019
topic bohemian lands
czechoslovakia
nationalism
modernism
art history
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