A Golden Age

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A Golden Age
The arts of late nineteenth-century Vienna are widely known, yet the art and architecture of Hungary, the smaller part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, are rarely considered. It was a time of economic growth and dynamic achievement in Hungary and this publication traces development from 1896 to the beginning of the First World War in 1914 revealing a remarkable flourishing of the fine and applied arts and architecture. A close involvement with contemporary European styles, especially Art Nouveau is clear; yet equally evident is the search for a national identity and a cultural heritage rooted in folk art and Eastern traditions which was to give Hungary's visual arts such
a distinctive character.
The importance of the Millennial Celebrations of 1896, which marked 1,000 years in the history of the Magyar people, is noted as well as the impact of Hungary's participation in International Exhibitions of the period. Architects such as Ödön Lechner and Béla Lajta are... Tovább

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A Golden Age
The arts of late nineteenth-century Vienna are widely known, yet the art and architecture of Hungary, the smaller part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, are rarely considered. It was a time of economic growth and dynamic achievement in Hungary and this publication traces development from 1896 to the beginning of the First World War in 1914 revealing a remarkable flourishing of the fine and applied arts and architecture. A close involvement with contemporary European styles, especially Art Nouveau is clear; yet equally evident is the search for a national identity and a cultural heritage rooted in folk art and Eastern traditions which was to give Hungary's visual arts such
a distinctive character.
The importance of the Millennial Celebrations of 1896, which marked 1,000 years in the history of the Magyar people, is noted as well as the impact of Hungary's participation in International Exhibitions of the period. Architects such as Ödön Lechner and Béla Lajta are represented, as are major artists including Csontváry, Gulácsy, Rippl-Rónai, and Vaszary, alongside the work of the Gödöllő Colony and the artists' community at Nagybánya.
A GOLDEN AGE: ART AND SOCIETY IN HUNGARY 1896-1914 has been compiled by art historians Gyöngyi Éri and Zsuzsa Jobbágyi with essays by contributors Iván T. Berend, Lajos Németh and Ilona Sármány-Parsons.
CORVINA Vissza