So Near, So Far

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

So Near, So Far

Original language description

The book explores the art of the nineteen-fifties in Europe in very broad perspective. It takes account of the shared historical frame of European culture as a basis for the understanding of art in a new way that runs counter to existing stereotypes. It considers many hitherto neglected themes that illuminate Czech art in international sociocultural context. The nineteen-fifties are a decade traditionally associated with the increasingly confrontational politics of the main power blocs, which used force to transform the geographically close into the infinitely distant. The book, by contrast, considers the common denominators of many truly remarkable achievements in the art of the period, but also investigates the contrasting conventional art production of the time, revealing a range of surprising connections in the as yet neglected relationships between the two. It takes issue with traditional art historical approaches in relation to three selected phenomena - abstraction, realism and international exhibitions - and looks with faith in the power of art across differing political regimes for layers of art that have until now been marginalised but are important for the understanding of the art of the time, forming a multiform, interconnected whole. Its aim is not to offer yet another &quot;definitive&quot; account, but to open up the space for new questions and visual experiences. This is reflected in its structure. The text is accompanied by four hundred and fifty reproductions, many of works that have lain forgotten in depositaries for years. Together they are intended to enable readers to enjoy a personal meeting with this art, and so a heightened awareness of the enduring resilience of the fundamental values of European culture.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

B - Specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60401 - Arts, Art history

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-12742S" target="_blank" >GA19-12742S: Czech Art of the 1950´s in its international sociocultural context</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-80-7671-139-6

Number of pages

496

Publisher name

Charles University,Faculty of Arts; Arbor vitae sociaetas; Karolinum

Place of publication

Praha

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