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Between East and West: Karel Chytil as Museologist, Educator, and Art Historian
Between East and West: Karel Chytil as Museologist, Educator, and Art Historian

Author(s): Pavel Šopák
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Preservation, Education and training, History of Art
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: Chytil Karel; art history and historiography; Viennese school; historic preservation; history of museology; Czechoslovakia’s artistic culture; museums of decorative arts;

Summary/Abstract: Adapted version of the text presented at the colloquium organised in Prague on 12 November 2019 by the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) on the 85th anniversary of PhDr. Karel Chytil’s death. The text deals with the institutional and cultural political aspects of Chytil’s career as an art historian, museologist, and lecturer.

  • Issue Year: 8/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 129-138
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English