Degrees of Separation: Bohumil Kubišta and the European Avant-Garde - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8024647222 ISBN 13: 9788024647227

Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University, 2022

Synopsis

A richly illustrated reconsideration of the life and work of painter Bohumil Kubišta.
 
In Degrees of Separation, scholars from the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany, and Hungary take a new approach to exploring the work of one of Central Europe’s most interesting modernist painters, Bohumil Kubišta. While many art historians have viewed Kubišta’s work solely in the context of an idealized Czech canon, Kubišta did not identify with a nation-state clearly defined by ethnicity, language, or territorial reach.

Taking a transnational approach that incorporates thorough topographical research, the authors attempt to redraw the map of European modernism by exploring the artist’s subversive approach to the stylistic currents of his time. The book reveals the complex relationships within early twentieth-century Europe, as Kubišta and other Central European artists tried to balance their admiration for the dominant artistic trends coming out of Paris with their desire to find alternative forms of expression arising from local artistic and intellectual sources. The richly illustrated book features a wealth of documentation, including an exhaustive timeline with notes, a comprehensive inventory of Kubišta’s works, and an up-to-date exhibition list.
 

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About the Authors

Marie Rakušanová is associate professor of art history at Charles University, Prague.

Phil Jones is a translator of Czech into English.

Daniel Morgan is a translator with two decades of experience translating from Czech.

Edition details

• Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8024647222
• ISBN 13: 9788024647227
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 700
• Editor: Rakušanová Marie