Southeastern Europe
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Modern History, Gypsy Anthropology, History of Childhood, History of the Family, Social History, and 8 moreSoutheastern Europe, Family history, Romanian History, Istoria Romaniei, Wallachia, Enfance, Mixed Marriages, Histoire de la pauvreté, de l'humanitaire, de l'engagement, and History of the Poor/classedit
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Negotiating between the ideologically charged extremes of emulation and originality, the artists of the nineteenth century, like the artists of today, looked at other artists as models. In an effort to discover design principles,... more
Negotiating between the ideologically charged extremes of emulation and originality, the artists of the nineteenth century, like the artists of today, looked at other artists as models. In an effort to discover design principles, specialized techniques, or creative impetus, they looked at the drawings, sketches, paintings, and sculptures of other artists dead and alive. They also looked at their studio spaces. They may have viewed these spaces as extensions of the artist’s aesthetic persona, inspirational surroundings, or simply as monetarily successful operations, but they looked, they learned and they emulated.
With the professionalization of artists and the growth of bourgeois clientele, the atelier became not only a domain of creativity, but also increasingly a place where business was transacted. By the last decades of the nineteenth century, artists’ studios were showrooms of good taste—elaborately decorated imaginative worlds. Within the atelier, time and space collided: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Orient were staged together amongst carpets, tapestries, silken drapery and a cacophony of objets d’art, weapons, lanterns, fans, masks, taxidermied animals, and the ubiquitous palm plant. With a hyper–awareness of the camera’s eye and its ability to publicize their images, artists posed for photographs in their fantastical studio spaces. The wide dissemination of images of artistic workspaces resulted in a standardization of studio décor around the globe.
Over the course of his life, Vlaho Bukovac (1855 – 1922), the great Croatian painter from Cavtat, outfitted several impressive studios in the various cities he worked in: Paris, Zagreb, Cavtat, Vienna and Prague. He drew inspiration for their décor from an album in which he collected photographs of artists in their Parisian studios from the series "Les Artistes chez eux" by Édmond Benard. The exhibition “Emulation in the Studio – The Ateliers of Vlaho Bukovac” explores the interplay between the studios, interior decoration, reproductive technology and artistic production in the late nineteenth century, shedding new light on the oeuvre of this important artist.
With the professionalization of artists and the growth of bourgeois clientele, the atelier became not only a domain of creativity, but also increasingly a place where business was transacted. By the last decades of the nineteenth century, artists’ studios were showrooms of good taste—elaborately decorated imaginative worlds. Within the atelier, time and space collided: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Orient were staged together amongst carpets, tapestries, silken drapery and a cacophony of objets d’art, weapons, lanterns, fans, masks, taxidermied animals, and the ubiquitous palm plant. With a hyper–awareness of the camera’s eye and its ability to publicize their images, artists posed for photographs in their fantastical studio spaces. The wide dissemination of images of artistic workspaces resulted in a standardization of studio décor around the globe.
Over the course of his life, Vlaho Bukovac (1855 – 1922), the great Croatian painter from Cavtat, outfitted several impressive studios in the various cities he worked in: Paris, Zagreb, Cavtat, Vienna and Prague. He drew inspiration for their décor from an album in which he collected photographs of artists in their Parisian studios from the series "Les Artistes chez eux" by Édmond Benard. The exhibition “Emulation in the Studio – The Ateliers of Vlaho Bukovac” explores the interplay between the studios, interior decoration, reproductive technology and artistic production in the late nineteenth century, shedding new light on the oeuvre of this important artist.
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Religion, Christianity, Comparative Religion, Sociology of Religion, Philosophy Of Religion, and 67 moreOttoman History, Romanian History, History of Religion, History of Christianity, Religion and Politics, South East European Studies, Balkan Studies, Balkan History, Russian Nationalism, Nationalism, Christian Orthodoxy and Nationalism, Turkish Nationalism, Eastern Christianity, Russian Orthodox Church, Ottoman Studies, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkish History, History of Religions, National Identity, Nationalism And State Building, Ottoman Empire, Balkan Politics, Ottoman Turkish, Church History, Ottoman Historiography, Ottoman Balkans, Modern Ottoman History, Russian Orthodoxy, Late Ottoman Period, Ottoman-Turkish Westernization, History of Central and Southeastern Europe, Europeanization of the Balkans, Southeastern Europe, Nations and nationalism, History of Nationalism and Nation-Building, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Arabic-Speaking Orthodox Christianity, Bulgarian history, Orthodox Christianity, Religious Studies, Balkans, South-Eastern Europe, Late Ottoman History, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Evangelical-Eastern Orthodox Relationships, Greek Orthodoxy, Catholic Church History, Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Eastern Orthodox Theology, South-Eastern European History, Ethnicity and National Identity, Romanian Nationalism, History of South-Eastern Europe, Ottoman Turkish historical writing, History of Southeastern Europe, Romanian Orthodox Church, Bulgarian Nationalism, Romanian Orthodox Monasteries, Orthodox Words, Bulgarian National Revival, Orthodox Monasticism and Mt. Athos, History of Orthodoxy, Politics of South Eastern Europe, Nationalism and Decolonization, and History of the Bulgarian Orthodox Churchedit
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Eastern European Studies, Russian Studies, Ottoman History, Postcolonial Studies, Medieval Historiography, and 66 moreSouth East European Studies, Balkan Studies, Balkan History, Historiography, Russian Nationalism, Nationalism, Russian Politics, Christian Orthodoxy and Nationalism, Turkish Nationalism, Eastern Christianity, Russian Orthodox Church, Ottoman Studies, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Byzantine Studies, National Identity, Nationalism And State Building, Ottoman Empire, Balkan Politics, Postcolonial Theory, Church History, Ottoman Balkans, Russian History, Modern Ottoman History, Russian Orthodoxy, History And Geopolitics In The Balkans, Late Ottoman Period, Ottoman-Turkish Westernization, History of Central and Southeastern Europe, Europeanization of the Balkans, History of Historiography, Southeastern Europe, History of Nationalism and Nation-Building, Eastern Orthodox Liturgical Theology, Bulgarian history, Byzantium, Orthodox Christianity, Byzantine historiography, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, South-Eastern Europe, Orientalism, Late Ottoman History, Oriental Studies, Orientalism and Religion, Nationality, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Orthodox Church, Balkanism, South Slavic and Balkan politicla, diplomatic, social, and cultural history; nationalism and identity construction; breakup of the former Yugoslavia, Greek Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Theology, History of Oriental studies, South-Eastern European History, Ethnicity and National Identity, Orthodox Church History, Ottoman Turkish historical writing, Bulgarian Nationalism, Orthodox Words, Bulgarian National Revival, History of Orthodoxy, Politics of South Eastern Europe, and Nationalism and Decolonizationedit
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European History, Modern History, Romanian History, East European studies, History of Childhood and Youth, and 13 moreMicrohistory, Social History, History of Social Welfare, Southeastern Europe, 18th and 19th Century, Foundlings (History), History of Social Policy and the Welfare State, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Enfance, South-Eastern European History, History of the Poor/class, Histoire De La Famille, and Enfants Abandonnés (Histoire)edit
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European History, Modern History, Domestic Violence, Romanian History, Urban History, and 13 moreRural History, East European studies, History of Childhood and Youth, Romanian Studies, History of Childhood, Microhistory, Social History, History of Everyday Life, 19th Century (History), Southeastern Europe, Family history, South-Eastern European History, and Microhistory and History of Everyday Lifeedit