‘What is ‘Czech’ in Art in Bohemia? Alfred Woltmann and defensive mechanisms of Czech artistic historiography’

The art historian Alfred Woltmann (1841-1880) in a lecture delivered 1876 put forth a highly provocative thesis on the predominance of the German element in the art of the Bohemian capital. He created thereby the outlines of a highly problematic situation, the resolution of which for many decades fo...

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Main Author: Jindrich Vybiral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2013-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/vybiral.pdf