Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century): Conference Proceedings

Edited book-Scientific book-Conference proceedings

• Editor: Josipa Alviž https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8815-2743
• Editor: Dragan Damjanović https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8075
• Editor: Jasmina Nestić https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5063-4456
• Editor: Jeremy F. Walton https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3378-7095
• Author's institution: University of Rijeka
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of History of Art)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; History of Art

Abstract (english)

When the project Art and the State in Croatia from the Enlightenment to the Present was conceived in 2017, the central dissemination activity was planned to be an international conference, which would, on the one hand, present the work of the researchers on the project, and on the other hand, bring together other researchers whose interests revolve around the relationship between art and the state in Central Europe in the modern period. The conference was originally supposed to be held in the... More summer of 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the two earthquakes that hit Zagreb that same year, it was eventually held in a hybrid form in the summer of 2021.

Researchers from numerous European countries and the United States of America presented their new, original research on the most diverse aspects of the relationship between art and the state. More than half of them – forty-five in total – decided to publish their papers in the book of proceedings that is in front of you. The book contains nine sections arranged according to the topics covered in the papers.

The main areas of the authors’ research interest in terms of geography are the former Habsburg Empire, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the socialist Yugoslav state, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. This is not surprising – not only do most of the authors come from the areas that used to be part of these political formations, but these areas are also extremely suitable for research on the relationship between art and the state. The political instability during the 20th century – especially the fragmentation of bygone empires and the ascendancy of nation-states – as well as the multi-ethnic and multi-confessional nature of these territories make them particularly suitable for studying the relationship between art and the state, transitional periods, political iconography, social and/or national relations, the influence of globalization, the phenomenon of damnatio memoriae and the like. This is precisely why everyone interested in modern and contemporary art history from the Baltic to the Mediterranean will find something to pique their interest in this collection. Less

• Keywords (english): art; Central Europe; modern period
• Language: english
• Publication type: Edited book-Scientific book-Conference proceedings
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Pages: 551
• BPC: 0,00 euro
• ISBN: 978-953-379-217-0 (pdf)
• ISBN: 978-953-379-048-0 (Tiskano izdanje)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17234/9789533792170
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:922737
• Printed book publication date: 2024
• Online first: 2025
• Project: Number: IP-2018-01-9364; Title (croatian): Umjetnost i država u Hrvatskoj od prosvjetiteljstva do danas; Title (english): Art and the State in Croatia from the Enlightenment to the Present; Acronym: ASCEP; Leader: Dragan Damjanović; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: Research Projects
• Conference: Title: Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century); Location: Zagreb, Croatia; Organizer: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu; Start date: 2021-06-30; End date: 2021-07-03
• Document URL: https://doi.org/10.17234/9789533792170
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Filozofski fakultet - FF Press
• Publishing place: Zagreb
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2025-03-17 14:08:48