Baroque in the Federal Republic of Germany: The variety of narratives as reflected in exhibition projects

Journal of Art Historiography

Meinrad v. Engelberg¹ 

[1] Technische Universität Darmstadt;

关键词: Baroque;    West Germany;    exhibitions;    regionalism;    creating identity;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Do individual countries and states develop an ‘image of the Baroque’ that is specific, typical of its era, clearly defined and visibly distinct from that of other nations? Is it thus possible to make a statement about the rather numerous and diverse Baroque exhibitions in West Germany – the ‘old’ Federal Republic of Germany prior to 1990 – that meaningfully integrates the individual case into an overall context? This essay advocates the thesis that a common ‘meta-narrative’ is hidden behind this diversity, integrating the art of the Baroque affirmatively into the simultaneously forming self-image of the young ‘Bonn Republic’, namely, that of a post-nationalist, European-networked, historically rooted, profoundly federalist ‘Kulturnation’.

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