Arts and a nation : : the role of visual arts and artists in the making of the Latvian identity, 1905-1940 / / by Suzanne Pourchier-Plasseraud.

• Superior document: On the Boundary of Two Worlds : Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, Volume 41
• VerfasserIn: Pourchier-Plasseraud, Suzanne,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Rodopi,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: On the boundary of two worlds ; Volume 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (596 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Focusing on the role of arts in the construction of national identity, Suzanne Pourchier-Plasseraud has chosen to study the case of a country lacking an ancient state history of its own, Latvia. This book analyses the part played by the visual arts in transmuting the cultural concept of a nation, ad...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• Prologue: On the Eve of the 20th Century, a Cultural Awakening that Faced Twin Obstructions
• The Emergence of Demands for Autonomy in the Russian Empire
• The Formation Of An Imaginary Landscape for the Latvian Nation (1905–1920)
• The Arts in the Service of the Latvian Idea
• The Collapse of the Russian Empire and the Emergence of Latvian Political Demands
• Depiction of a Heroic People, a New Source from the Imaginary Landscape Created in Latvian Art
• Artists in the Service of National Symbolism
• A Vulnerable Parliamentary State
• An Assertive Cultural Policy
• The ‘Latvianization’ of the Visual Arts
• The Authoritarian Regime (1934–1940)
• Latvianisation of the Arts
• Architecture and Urban Development Harnessed by the State
• Conclusion
• Maps
• Chronology
• Bibliography and Sources
• Index.