Acta Historiae Artium Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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Volume 49: Issue 1
Against Demons of Modernity? Towards Interpreting Art of Sculpture in the 1960s Dominik Tatarka's Essays
Author: Daniel Grúň 1 , 2
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  • 1 Katedra teórie a dejin umenia, Vysoká šklola výtvarných umení, Bratislava
  • 2 Department of Theory and History of Art, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Bratislava
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/ahista.49.2008.1.24
Page Count:
206–214
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2008
Online Publication Date:
31 Dec 2008
Article Category:
Research Article
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Abstract

The study examines some questions concerning interpretations of Slovak art in the 1960s, employing the analysis of essays by the writer Dominik Tatarka (1913–1989) on fine art. I have chosen these texts, which tie into the tradition of irrational, emphatic writing and the interpretation of artworks, because their analysis unveils the workings of the national myth on visual art. Reliving the myths linked to popular narratives marks out the cultural space of Central Europe. Put in more general terms, I will address the specific relation between modernism and anachronism, particularly between progressive humanist thinking on modern culture on the one hand and national mythology on the other hand.

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0001-5830
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Keywords:
Czechoslovakia; Slovakia; national myths; Slavic Iconography; wood sculpture; the Mikuláš Galanda Group; Dominik Tatarka

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