Original title: Válkou k objevům. Denonova cesta za uměním
Translated title: Through war to discoveries. Denon’s road to art
Authors: Hrbata, Zdeněk
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Plzeňské sympozium k problematice 19. století /36/: Člověk a společnost 19. století tváří v tvář katastrofě, Plzeň (CZ), 20160225
Year: 2017
Language: cze
Abstract: [cze] [eng]
Analýza knihy Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte Vivanta Denona, člena Napoleonovy vojenské expedice do Egypta, a jejích různých diskurzivních rovin, které tvoří a) kronika vojenské kampaně a zároveň deníkový cestopis, b) objevování a dokumentarizace egyptských památek, c) ohlasy preromantických estetik (estetika vznešena a přírody, poetika ruin). This paper analyses the key discourse levels in Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte, a book by Vivant Denon, a member of the society of scholars and artists that accompanied Napoleon’s military expedition to Egypt. From May 1798 to October 1799 Denon wrote a chronologically incomplete chronicle of the Egyptian campaign, including battles, encounters, pursuits, the horrors of war and the extreme conditions, a chronicle that is concurrently a travelogue journal with the customary topics (inhabitants, mores and customs) and an epic structure (the voyage, obstacles, wanderings and struggles). Moreover, as the author looks around ebes, Luxor, Denderah (Tyntiris) and Aswan, he colourfully and enthusiastically relates the discovery of Egypt, carefully describing and tirelessly drawing. The variety of discourses in Denon’s Travels (e.g. the discourse of war and its heroization, as well as its cruel aspect; the discourse of discoveries and emerging Egyptology; travelogue discourse) gradually takes on the form of the rivalry and conflict of different times.
Keywords: art; discovery; war
Project no.: GA13-29985S (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Člověk a společnost 19. století tváří v tvář katastrofě, ISBN 978-80-200-2652-1

Institution: Institute of Czech Literature AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0269058

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