0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren

0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren

Buda Castle, the Royal Palace on the Castle Hill of Budapest, was left in ruins by World War II. It was only in 1949, when the castle was destined to house the new communist government, that plans for its reconstruction were initiated. The architects involved had to deal with a historical heritage t...

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Main Author: Péter Rostás
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA) 2019-05-01
Series:RIHA Journal
Subjects:
budapest castle
art historiography
marxism-leninism
Online Access:https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/rihajournal/article/view/70047
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spelling doaj-816341929b8c4fa4819aa7f7a349feb82021-03-11T17:03:56ZdeuInternational Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA)RIHA Journal 2190-33282019-05-0110.11588/riha.2019.1.70047603720217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er JahrenPéter Rostás0Budapest Budapesti Történeti Múzeum (Budapest History Museum)Buda Castle, the Royal Palace on the Castle Hill of Budapest, was left in ruins by World War II. It was only in 1949, when the castle was destined to house the new communist government, that plans for its reconstruction were initiated. The architects involved had to deal with a historical heritage that was for the most part disliked by the new political system. This paper analyzes the positions of the protagonists in the debate on the reconstruction of the castle before and after the Hungarian Uprising in 1956. This debate moved between the poles of communist ideology, continuities of a pre-war fascist critique of modernism and a national legitimisation of the Habsburg past perceived as ‘colonial’.https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/rihajournal/article/view/70047budapest castleart historiographymarxism-leninism
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0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren
RIHA Journal
budapest castle
art historiography
marxism-leninism
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title 0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren
title_short 0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren
title_full 0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren
title_fullStr 0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren
title_full_unstemmed 0217 Ideologische Positionen zur Problematik der Budapester Burgruine in den 1950er Jahren
title_sort 0217 ideologische positionen zur problematik der budapester burgruine in den 1950er jahren
publisher International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art (RIHA)
series RIHA Journal
issn 2190-3328
publishDate 2019-05-01
description Buda Castle, the Royal Palace on the Castle Hill of Budapest, was left in ruins by World War II. It was only in 1949, when the castle was destined to house the new communist government, that plans for its reconstruction were initiated. The architects involved had to deal with a historical heritage that was for the most part disliked by the new political system. This paper analyzes the positions of the protagonists in the debate on the reconstruction of the castle before and after the Hungarian Uprising in 1956. This debate moved between the poles of communist ideology, continuities of a pre-war fascist critique of modernism and a national legitimisation of the Habsburg past perceived as ‘colonial’.
topic budapest castle
art historiography
marxism-leninism
url https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/rihajournal/article/view/70047
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