Between spirituality and nationalism: Expressionism in Polish art, 1917--1922.
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Title
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Between spirituality and nationalism: Expressionism in Polish art, 1917--1922.
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Identifier
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AAI3066094
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identifier
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3066094
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Creator
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Bartelik, Marek.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Rose-Carol Washton Long
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Date
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2000
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Art History | History, European
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Abstract
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Between Spirituality and Nationalism: Expressionism in Polish Art, 1917--1922 is the first extensive study that brings Poznan Expressionists, Young Yiddish, Formists, and Polish Futurists together and examines interconnections between them, while bridging their art with broader socio-political and cultural currents in Poland after World War I. The first chapter, "The Polish Context," defines Polish Expressionism, discusses artistic life in Poland between 1917 and 1922, and provides an overview of the existing literature on the subject. The following four chapters are devoted to individual groups, analyzing their activities and art. The four chapters discuss the activities of each of the four groups chronologically, while focusing on the art and programs detailed in the groups' publications. The last chapter, "Toward the Future, Realism a rebours," presents circumstances leading to the disappearance of Expressionism in Poland in the mid-twenties.;This dissertation argues that Expressionism in Poland was an original artistic formation developed after Independence, as well as the first Polish avant-garde movement with a clear program that aimed at uniting modern art and life. I question, therefore, the assumption advanced by the majority of Polish scholars that Polish Constructivism rather than Expressionism played a pioneering role in the development of modern Polish art. As a part of a larger phenomenon that occurred all over Europe, Polish Expressionism needs to be understood as a missing link between similar tendencies in Russia and western Europe.;The development of Expressionism in Poland coincided with the reemergence of Poland on the map of Europe in 1918, which was a crucial factor for its reception. Perceived as a foreign (mainly German) or foreign-influenced aesthetic, Expressionism was rejected by both Polish artists and the public at large in the 1920s, in part because they considered it a threat to Polish cultural identity. This study pays special attention to the issue of multiculturalism in Poland. While analyzing multicultural and multiethnic specificity of Poland in the period between 1917 and 1922, I use Expressionism as a case study to show how nationalism conditioned Polish art and led to the suppression of pluralism.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
