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024 7 _a10.1163/9789004300286
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100 1 _aPourchier-Plasseraud, Suzanne.
240 1 0 _aArts de la nation.
_lEnglish
245 1 0 _aArts and a nation :
_bthe role of visual arts and artists in the making of the Latvian identity, 1905-1940 /
_cBy Suzanne Pourchier-Plasseraud ; Translated from French by Nick Tait.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill Rodopi,
_c[2015]
300 _a1 online resource (xxiii, 572 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aOn the Boundary of Two Worlds : Identity, Freedom , and Moral Imagination in the Baltics ;
_vv. 41
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 541-562) and index.
505 0 0 _aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Prologue: On the Eve of the 20th Century, a Cultural Awakening that Faced Twin Obstructions -- The Emergence of Demands for Autonomy in the Russian Empire -- The Formation Of An Imaginary Landscape for the Latvian Nation (1905–1920) -- The Arts in the Service of the Latvian Idea -- The Collapse of the Russian Empire and the Emergence of Latvian Political Demands -- Depiction of a Heroic People, a New Source from the Imaginary Landscape Created in Latvian Art -- Artists in the Service of National Symbolism -- A Vulnerable Parliamentary State -- An Assertive Cultural Policy -- The ‘Latvianization’ of the Visual Arts -- The Authoritarian Regime (1934–1940) -- Latvianisation of the Arts -- Architecture and Urban Development Harnessed by the State -- Conclusion -- Maps -- Chronology -- Bibliography and Sources -- Index.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aFocusing on the role of arts in the construction of national identity, Suzanne Pourchier-Plasseraud has chosen to study the case of a country lacking an ancient state history of its own, Latvia. This book analyses the part played by the visual arts in transmuting the cultural concept of a nation, advocated by a small intelligentsia, into a widespread claim for independence. By the end of the 19th century, fretting under Russian political domination and German economic and cultural supremacy, the Latvians turned back to their own language, culture and folklore, with a special interest for their dainas , their timeless common heritage rooted into a mythical golden age. Latvian artists thus found themselves entrusted with the mission of creating a national iconographic representation and a specifically Latvian art, freed from Russian and German influences. The author shows how the links between the cultural and political spheres evolved between 1905 and 1940, including during the period of authoritarian government preceding WWII. An enlightening contribution to understanding how art and history can be turned into social and political instruments, this book reaches far beyond the Latvian case to a European and even global scope.
648 7 _a1900 - 1999
_2fast
650 0 _aNationalism and art
_zLatvia
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 7 _aNationalism and art.
_2fast
651 7 _aLatvia.
_2fast
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tArts and a Nation: The Role of Visual Arts and Artists in the Making of the Latvian Identity, 1905-1940
_dLeiden, Boston : Brill | Rodopi, 2015,
_z9789004300187
830 0 _aOn the Boundary of Two Worlds
_v41.
830 0 _aEuropean History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2015-II, ISBN: 9789004287426.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004300286
999 _c30194
_d30194