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Polemics about Secession in Croatia: Franjo Ksaver Kuhač and Ivo Pilar
ŽELJKA METESI DERONJIĆ
; Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
In this article two opposed views of the Secession in Croatia are contrasted. Franjo Ksaver
Kuhač was a representative of the traditional approach to aesthetics. On the other hand, Ivo Pilar was a promulgator of modern aesthetic and artistic tendencies. Chronology of their controversies took place in the following way: after Kuhač’s text The Anarchy in Croatian literature and art. An epistle to the artistic secessionists and literary decadents, Pilar published a study entitled On Secession. A study of modern art. To this text Kuhač replied with his text On Secession. An answer to Mr. I. Pilar. In his articles Kuhač vehemently opposed the new artistic tendencies, whereas Pilar was apologetic for the modern art. Based on an analysis of their views and arguments, the article offers an insight into Croatian aesthetic problems of the late 19th century.
Keywords
Secession in Croatia; art; aesthetics; Franjo Ksaver Kuhač; Ivo Pilar
Hrčak ID:
52171
URI
Publication date:
10.2.2010.
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