Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century), Programme of the Conference and Book of Abstracts (final version), (Zagreb, June 30 - July 3, 2021) (original) (raw)

2021, Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century), 2021 Programme and Book of Abstracts of the Conference Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb 30 June 2021 – 3 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia

ART AND THE STATE IN MODERN CENTRAL EUROPE: AN INTRODUCTION N umerous researchers in various academic disciplines, including art history, history, anthropology, sociology and education, have for decades explored and attempted to define in greater detail both the synchronic and diachronic relationships and mutual influences between state bodies and art production, communication, education and reception. is conference aims to provide insight into the current field of knowledge about and interpretations of these relations from the 18th century to the present day-in other words, beginning from the period in which European states went through intense centralization, leading to the growth of their influence on artistic production, public, cultural and artistic institutions and education. In all of these contexts, the term "state" is taken to stand for a political project to assert sovereignty over a specific territory and its inhabitants, with ineluctable effects on economic, social, and cultural life within this territory. Whether they were monarchies, republics, federations or centralized bureaucracies, states played an extremely important role in the production of art and in the institutionalization of knowledge, culture and aesthetic practice in all parts of Europe throughout the aforementioned period. By fabricating their visual identity, commissioning works from particular artists and censoring those spheres of art production that they judged potentially dangerous to their survival, states have shaped art scenes in all parts of Europe. Additionally, cultural and educational policies have influenced, and continue to affect, the formation of knowledge about the arts and educational content in the field of art (history) at all levels of education. ese phenomena and topics pertaining to the broadly defined field of art history (painting, sculpture, applied arts, graphic design, photography, architecture, urban planning, curricula and study programmes in art history, etc.), but also to other related disciplines, will be explored at this conference by 81 participant, including the two keynote speakers: Andreas Nierhaus, a curator at the Wien Museum and Mirko Ilić, a New York-based graphic designer. Our participants come from Austria,