Review article
https://doi.org/10.31664/zu.2018.103.01
Continuity or Discontinuity? Croatian Modern Art and World War I
Petar Prelog
orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-938X
; Institute of Art History, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This article — starting from the conclusion of art historian Božidar Gagro that nothing happened during the war that would be crucial for the overall picture — succinctly discusses the impact of World War I on the features of continuity in Croatian modern art. Based on various examples in which expressionism was articulated as a stylistic and conceptual determinant, and the relationship between art and national identity as a product of cultural nationalism, very strong at the time, the author points to the persistence of certain ideas that — despite the war — shaped the overall picture of Croatian modern art. The article ends with the conclusion that World War I did influence certain modalities of Croatian modernism, yet without defining it as a significant turning point that would lead to a fundamental change in its understanding.
Keywords
Croatian modern art; World War I; expressionism; cultural nationalism; national identity; continuity
Hrčak ID:
215864
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Publication date:
1.12.2018.
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