1968: In Search of “Socialism with Human Face” in Czech Art History
The five or eight years leading up to the failed “Prague Spring” represent the most important period of Czech humanities tradition during the Communist Party dictatorship. Art history did not directly participate in either of the most prominent period discourses, but it was able to develop its own...
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The five or eight years leading up to the failed “Prague Spring” represent the most important period of Czech humanities tradition during the Communist Party dictatorship. Art history did not directly participate in either of the most prominent period discourses, but it was able to develop its own specific methodologies following the Czech continuation of the Vienna School legacy. The contribution analyzes the discourse of Marxist Iconology, developed by J. Neumann and R. Chadraba, and presents the case of F. Šmejkal and his concept of Imaginative Art, which was, interestingly, the sole case during the whole 40 years of the Communist Party rule when the highest Party officials became directly involved in Czech art historical practice. From the point of view of art historical practice, the most important feature of the brief period 1963–1969 was the new possibility of contacts with foreign art historians and of traveling abroad.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b31b7a7074e4ccbbf0f194a65f765bf2024-01-23T08:00:26ZdeuAdam Mickiewicz University PressArtium Quaestiones0239-202X2719-45582019-12-013010.14746/aq.2019.30.111968: In Search of “Socialism with Human Face” in Czech Art HistoryMilena Bartlová The five or eight years leading up to the failed “Prague Spring” represent the most important period of Czech humanities tradition during the Communist Party dictatorship. Art history did not directly participate in either of the most prominent period discourses, but it was able to develop its own specific methodologies following the Czech continuation of the Vienna School legacy. The contribution analyzes the discourse of Marxist Iconology, developed by J. Neumann and R. Chadraba, and presents the case of F. Šmejkal and his concept of Imaginative Art, which was, interestingly, the sole case during the whole 40 years of the Communist Party rule when the highest Party officials became directly involved in Czech art historical practice. From the point of view of art historical practice, the most important feature of the brief period 1963–1969 was the new possibility of contacts with foreign art historians and of traveling abroad. https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/aq/article/view/21889history of art historyCzechoslovakia 1968humanist MarxismMarxist iconology |
| spellingShingle | Milena Bartlová 1968: In Search of “Socialism with Human Face” in Czech Art History Artium Quaestiones history of art history Czechoslovakia 1968 humanist Marxism Marxist iconology |
| title | 1968: In Search of “Socialism with Human Face” in Czech Art History |
| title_full | 1968: In Search of “Socialism with Human Face” in Czech Art History |
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| title_short | 1968: In Search of “Socialism with Human Face” in Czech Art History |
| title_sort | 1968 in search of socialism with human face in czech art history |
| topic | history of art history Czechoslovakia 1968 humanist Marxism Marxist iconology |
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