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Origins and genesis of Marxist iconology
Johanidesová, Tereza ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Kroupa, Jiří (referee) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
The aim of this dissertation is to describe the basic assumptions, genesis and main characteristics of Marxist iconology, which emerged as a distinctive interpretative approach in the environment of Czech art history in the early 1960s. Here I conceive of Marxist iconology as an umbrella term for the common methodological tendencies and interpretive strategies of a closely interrelated group of art historians working at the then Institute for Theory and History of Art of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The thesis follows four main thematic lines that can be considered crucial in terms of shaping the method of Marxist iconology into the form it took in the 1960s. The first perspective pursued is represented by iconographic and iconological tendencies. The history of the notions of iconography and iconology and its main world representatives are outlined, with an emphasis on the first half of the 20th century, followed by an examination of initially iconographic and later iconological tendencies in 20th century Czech art history. Emphasis is placed not only on the ways of conceptual interpretation but also on the tradition of understanding the concepts of iconography/iconology in Czech art history. The second line that the thesis follows in terms of the formation of Marxist iconology is the very...

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