Why Max Dvořák did not become a Professor in Prague

In 1903, the Czech University in Prague proceeded to fill the vacant chair in Art History. The Philosophical Faculty chose the mediocre – and subsequently quite forgotten – Bohumil Matějka, intentionally bypassing the clearly more competent Max Dvořák, the most famous Czech-born historian of art. Ac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jindřich Vybíral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/vybiral.pdf