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oapen-20.500.12657-566472023-05-25T09:27:18Z Periodization in the Art Historiographies of Central and Eastern Europe Kallestrup, Shona Kunińska, Magdalena Mihail, Mihnea Alexandru Adashinskaya, Anna Minea, Cosmin art history Baltic Bulgaria Byzantine Central Europe Croatia Eastern Europe East Central Europe Estonia European studies globalisation globalised globalization globalized Hungary histoire croisee histoire croisée historiography nationalism nation building Poland periodization Romania Russia research socialism Transylvania transnational western bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AC History of art / art & design styles This volume critically investigates how art historians writing about Central and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries engaged with periodization. At the heart of much of their writing lay the ideological project of nation-building. Hence discourses around periodization – such as the mythicizing of certain periods, the invention of historical continuity and the assertion of national specificity – contributed strongly to identity construction. Central to the book’s approach is a transnational exploration of how the art histories of the region not only interacted with established Western periodizations but also resonated and ‘entangled’ with each other. In their efforts to develop more sympathetic frameworks that refined, ignored or hybridized Western models, they sought to overcome the centre–periphery paradigm which equated distance from the centre with temporal belatedness and artistic backwardness. The book thus demonstrates that the concept of periodization is far from neutral or strictly descriptive, and that its use in art history needs to be reconsidered. Bringing together a broad range of scholars from different European institutions, the volume offers a unique new perspective on Central and Eastern European art historiography. It will be of interest to scholars working in art history, historiography and European studies. 2022-06-01T15:07:20Z 2022-06-01T15:07:20Z 2022 book ONIX_20220601_9781000602005_8 9781000602005 9781032013886 9781032013848 9781003178415 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56647 eng Studies in Art Historiography application/pdf n/a 9781000602005.pdf Routledge 10.4324/9781003178415 10.4324/9781003178415 Taylor & Francis 6f158555-a3e4-46d3-a438-a7ea0ec24dfa 9781000602005 9781032013886 9781032013848 9781003178415 European Research Council (ERC) Routledge 290 [...] open access
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This volume critically investigates how art historians writing about Central and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries engaged with periodization. At the heart of much of their writing lay the ideological project of nation-building. Hence discourses around periodization – such as the mythicizing of certain periods, the invention of historical continuity and the assertion of national specificity – contributed strongly to identity construction. Central to the book’s approach is a transnational exploration of how the art histories of the region not only interacted with established Western periodizations but also resonated and ‘entangled’ with each other. In their efforts to develop more sympathetic frameworks that refined, ignored or hybridized Western models, they sought to overcome the centre–periphery paradigm which equated distance from the centre with temporal belatedness and artistic backwardness. The book thus demonstrates that the concept of periodization is far from neutral or strictly descriptive, and that its use in art history needs to be reconsidered. Bringing together a broad range of scholars from different European institutions, the volume offers a unique new perspective on Central and Eastern European art historiography. It will be of interest to scholars working in art history, historiography and European studies.
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