Artists and nobility in East-Central Europe : elite socialization in Vilnius and Brno newspaper discourse in 1795-1863 / Halina Beresneviciute-Nosalova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beresnevičiūtė-Nosálová, Halina, author.

Series:

Elitenwandel in der Moderne ; Band 19.

Elites and Modernity = Elitenwandel in der Moderne ; Volume = Band 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oldenbourg, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book analyses the collective career of the artistic profession in Brno and Vilnius and the necessity to copy the behavior of the elites of the Old Regime. The "noble" values, which shaped the artistic careers in the 19thcentury press, were charity, good taste, cosmopolitism and patriotism. The newspaper discourse disposed potential to integrate and to smuggle novelties by exposing old values.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Elite compromises in small capital cities

Charity and taste

Cosmopolitism and patriotism

Land patriotism: The discourse of integration and innovation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed December 22, 2017).

ISBN:

9783110491821

3110491826

9783110494778

3110494779

OCLC:

1013820675