The Discovery of Alsatian Space in the Regionalist Art Historiography of the First Half of the 20^thCentury

• Authors: Valentin Trifescu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Our paper tries to analyse the way in which the regional identity of art historiography in Alsace came into being in the 20th century. Similarly to Transylvania, Alsace represented a highly disputed territory, being claimed by two hostile nations. We shall focus upon the regionalist point of view, which used to be overshadowed by the official nationalist discourse of the centres, Paris and Berlin. We shall examine the way in which a regional identity was invented through works of art. Regionalist art historians did no longer speak of the existence of French or German art in Alsace, but of the existence of an Alsatian art individualized within European art. We shall also emphasise the role the genius loci and regional geography played in forging this new identity.

Keywords

EN

regional identity; art historiography; Alsace; regional geography

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 241-254

Dates

published

2014-07-01

online

2014-07-16

Contributors

author

Valentin Trifescu

• Babeş–Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca Strasbourg University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/ausp-2014-0017