Art and the State in Modern Central Europe 30 June – 3 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ART AND THE STATE IN MODERN CENTRAL EUROPE 18TH – 21ST CENTURY Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Ivana Lučića 3, Zagreb, Croatia 30 June – 3 July 2021 ORGANIZER Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Igor Borozan, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade Frano Dulibić, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Ana Ereš, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade Maximilian Hartmuth, Institute of Art History, University of Vienna Franci Lazarini, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor / Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, France Stele Institute of Art History, Ljubljana Maximilian Sternberg, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge Jeremy F. Walton, Max Planck Institute for Th e Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Josipa Alviž, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Dragan Damjanović, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Ivan Kokeza, Croatian History Museum, Zagreb Lovorka Magaš Bilandžić, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Željka Miklošević, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Jasmina Nestić, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Patricia Počanić, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ASSISTANT Sanja Delić STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Marta Agičić Sonja Bakota Ana Busija Karla Dorkić Th is conference has been partially supported by Croatian Science Foundation under the project IP-2018-01-9364 Art and the State in Croatia from the Enlightenment to the Present INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century) 30 June 2021 – 3 July 2021, Zagreb, Croatia Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb Programme and Book of Abstracts ART AND THE STATE IN MODERN CENTRAL EUROPE: AN INTRODUCTION umerous researchers in various academic disciplines, including art history, history, an- thropology, sociology and education, have for decades explored and attempted to define in greater detail both the synchronic and diachronic relationships and mutual influences be- Ntween state bodies and art production, communication, education and reception. is conference aims to provide insight into the current field of knowledge about and interpretations of these rela- tions from the 18th century to the present day – in other words, beginning from the period in which European states went through intense centralization, leading to the growth of their influence on ar- tistic production, public, cultural and artistic institutions and education. In all of these contexts, the term “state” is taken to stand for a political project to assert sovereignty over a specific territory and its inhabitants, with ineluctable effects on economic, social, and cultural life within this territory. Whether they were monarchies, republics, federations or centralized bureaucracies, states played an extremely important role in the production of art and in the institutionalization of knowledge, culture and aesthetic practice in all parts of Europe throughout the aforementioned period. By fabricating their visual identity, commissioning works from particular artists and censoring those spheres of art production that they judged potentially dangerous to their survival, states have shaped art scenes in all parts of Europe. Additionally, cultural and educational policies have influenced, and continue to affect, the formation of knowledge about the arts and educational content in the field of art (history) at all levels of education. ese phenomena and topics pertaining to the broadly defined field of art history (painting, sculpture, applied arts, graphic design, photography, architecture, urban planning, curricula and 2 study programmes in art history, etc.), but also to other related disciplines, will be explored at this conference by 81 participant, including the two keynote speakers: Andreas Nierhaus, a curator at the Wien Museum and Mirko Ilić, a New York-based graphic designer. Our participants come from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Latvia, Lith- uania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, the United States of America, and Croatia. e conference sessions have been organised thematically and chronologically in order to adapt as much as possible to the interests of the presenters. Several conference papers will provide in- sights into the situation in the Habsburg Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when this polity played a significant role in the birth of modernism. e largest number of presenters will examine developments in 20th-century art, particularly art from the period between the two World Wars, which was marked by the collapse of great empires and the creation of national states (often in conflict with one another), the period of the Second World War, and the post-war division of Central Europe into communist and capitalist countries. Frequent changes of borders, wars and social experiments across Central Europe make the 20th century extremely fruitful for studying the relationship between the state and artistic production. Separate sessions are dedicated to topics dealing with cultural policies; protection of monuments; the relationship between church and state in artistic domains; contemporary influences of reactionary regimes on art; art in transition periods; and the various ways that countries and states have presented themselves to the world through exhi- bitions. e abstracts for our conference reflect a multitude of different methodological approaches and a wealth of research biographies ranging from senior, more experienced researchers to doctoral students, a diversity that will certainly contribute to intergenerational cooperation and the transfer of knowledge at and through the conference. Art and the State in Modern Central Europe is the first conference with this many presenters to be held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb in a hybrid way (a total of 43 presentations will be held in lecture halls, with the remaining 31 delivered online) after multiple lockdowns imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020–2021, as well as the effects of the two earthquakes that hit Zagreb and northwestern Croatia on 22 March and 29 December 2020. Despite these challenges, the conference will take place due to the support of the Croatian Science Founda- tion, the University of Zagreb and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. In the light of these unfortunate circumstances and challenges, we would like to think of this conference as an indicator of the resilience of both art history and the humanities. Accordingly, we also hope to create links to the current situation in the city and the conference topic. is is why the Zagreb City Center Tour scheduled for the last day of the conference will focus on the buildings and parts of the city that suffered the most in the 2020 earthquakes. Our tour will not only provide the partic- ipants with insight into the extent of heritage damage, but will also to point out the approaches and problems that have arisen, and will continue to arise for years to come, concerning their renewal. Although coronavirus measures are still in place, we decided on a hybrid model for the conference because we believe that when sharing the same physical space, the connection among researchers is the most fruitful, and enables the most efficient dissemination of knowledge and methodologies. In-person interactions also facilitate networking and pave the way for new joint projects, publica- tions, conferences, meetings, and the like. We are planning to publish the conference proceedings in the next two years. Given the thematic, geographical and chronological diversity of the papers, this publication will assemble a cross-sec- tion of the current state of research and a variety of methodological approaches in the field of art history and other humanities. Furthermore, it will significantly expand collective knowledge about various artistic developments spanning the period from the late 18th century to the present day in the area stretching from the shores of the Mediterranean, to the Baltic and North Sea. 3 Josipa Alviž Dragan Damjanović Lovorka Magaš Bilandžić Željka Miklošević Jasmina Nestić Patricia Počanić Jeremy F. Walton PROGRAMME Wednesday, 30 June 9.00 – 10.30 REGISTRATION (Foyer) 10.30 – 11.00 CONFERENCE OPENING (D5) 11.00 – 12.30 KEYNOTE LECTURE (D5) Andreas Nierhaus, curator, Museum of the City of Vienna, Austria Modern – Baroque: State Representation, Nation-Building and the Visual Arts in Austria 1898–1938 12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK SESSION 1 D5 ARCHITECTURE – WEST AND EAST SIDE STORIES Chair: Dragan Damjanović, University of Zagreb, Croatia 14:00 – 14:15 Igor Marjanović, Katerina Rüedi Ray Architecture Master Workshops and Communist Elitism (online) 14:15 – 14:30 Christiane Fülscher Architecture as a Tool of Diplomacy. German Missions Abroad after 1945 (online) 4 14:30 – 14:45 Patricia Počanić Statecraft: Artwork and Projects for Villa Zagorje in Zagreb 14:45 – 15:00 Carmen Sârbu Architectural Image and State Power: Bucharest’s Preparation to Host the Fourth