Tři kapitoly společného dějepisu umění. Vzájemné vztahy Čechů a Jihoslovanů na poli výtvarného umění mezi lety 1861-1922

• Main Author: Borozan, Vjera
• Other Authors: Lahoda, Vojtěch
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-311403

In my dissertation I aim to outline certain aspects of the mutual interrelations, influences and affinities linking the Czechs and the South Slavs in the field of the fine arts during the period between 1861 and 1922. My interest in this subject stems primarily from my own personal experience and knowledge acquired through an active involvement in both of the selected cultural contexts. In particular I have focused my research on examining the role of individuals who played a significant role in both of the cultural contexts under analysis, and at the same time transcended them. The resultant treatise thus consists of three main chapters that follow the specific influences and relations of the artists selected, while at the same time reflecting the nature of the transformation of social discourse during the time period examined. In the first chapter I focus on several Czech artists who made artworks with a South Slavic theme during the second half of the 19th century. The frame of reference for interpreting these artworks consists of a specific Orientalism springing from the fertile ground of romanticism, which is at the same time underscored by, and tinged with, notions of Slavic solidarity. The painter Jaroslav Čermák is a key figure in this context. His example played an important role in the...