Historism and Cultural Identity in the Rhine-Meuse Region / Historismus und kulturelle Identitat im Raum Rhein-Maas : Tensions Between Nationalism and Regionalism in the Nineteenth Century / Das 19. Jahrhundert im Spannungsfeld von Regionalismus und Nationalismus -Language: German

Cortjaens, Wolfgang (EDT); De Maeyer, Jan (EDT); Verschaffel, Tom (EDT)

ISBN 10: 9058676668 / ISBN 13: 9789058676665

Edité par Leuven University Press, 2009

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Synopsis :

Based on the cultural insight that ‘historism’ – understood as the projection of the past into the present by artistic means, or the ‘invention of tradition’ – always occurs in close connection with the emergence of nation states, this volume describes for the first time the cultural and denominational character and development of the Maas-Rhine region during the period between the French Revolution and the First World War. Seventeen contributions shed new and revealing light on the cultural identity of this Catholic-dominated core region of Europe, using the defining term ‘historism’ as the historiographical element that unifies the book’s four sections (Social and Church Historical Context, The Organisational Structure of Ecclesiastical Art, Centres of Art, ‘Grenzgänger’: between Theory and Praxis).

À propos de l'auteur: Wolfgang Cortjaens is PhD in Art History (Universität Aachen). His research focuses on 19th-century art and architecture. Jan De Maeyer is professor emeritus of contemporary church history at KU Leuven and honorary director of KADOC-KU Leuven. His research focuses on political and social Catholicism, material Christianity, and the development of religious institutions and congregations. Tom Verschaffel is professor of cultural history at KU Leuven.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Historism and Cultural Identity in the ...
Éditeur : Leuven University Press
Date d'édition : 2009
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : As New