Modernism in Regional Architecture of Bohemian Germans Between 1900 and 1918

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Modernism in Regional Architecture of Bohemian Germans Between 1900 and 1918

Original language description

Around 1900, the architecture of the German-speaking enclaves in Bohemia displayed a great variety of styles and forms. Unlike their Czech rivals, the Germans lacked a natural geographical centre and struggled with political and cultural fragmentation. Prague could no longer play a unifying role as it gradually became a city of dominant Czech representation. The study introduces three hitherto overlooked architects whose work represents three different trends in Bohemian-German architecture of the early 20th century: Emil F. Ruehr (1861–1920), who worked mainly in Česká Lípa and its surroundings, was inspired by Art Nouveau; the Lanškroun builder Richard Kreissl (1874–1920) worked with elements borrowed from vernacular architecture; while the Most-based architect Adolf Schwarzer (1876– 1914) leaned towards Neo-Biedermeier and classicism. Each of these architects found their own way of designing modern buildings, even if they did not follow the direction set by the ‘founders’ of modern architecture. From a Prague-centric perspective, it may seem that there were no modernist architects in the German-speaking regions of Bohemia at the beginning of the 20th century. However, the perceived contrast between the ‘modern’ and the ‘traditional’ was less pronounced in this period than after the rise of the interwar avant-garde. The stylistic pluralism characteristic of Bohemian-German architecture around 1900 is related to the modernist search for a style appropriate to the needs of the new era but also reflects the deepening differences between individual areas inhabited by Bohemian Germans. In many local centres without close links to Prague many original creations were created. The study demonstrates that without one artistic midpoint, Bohemian-German artists were unable to articulate their specific national identity.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60402 - Architectural design

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA18-04816S" target="_blank" >GA18-04816S: The Search for Identity: Architecture of Czech Germans 1891–1918</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

Name of the periodical

Umění: časopis dějin umění AV ČR

ISSN

0049-5123

e-ISSN

1804-6509

Volume of the periodical

2023/LXXI

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

121-141

UT code for WoS article

001061037900002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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