Zróżnicowanie kulturowe a świat artystyczny. Przypadek Nowego Jorku przełomu XIX i XX wieku
Cultural Diversity and the Artistic World. The Case of New York City at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to explore the relationship between the phenomena in the New York art world and the American society at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. The analysis contributes to research on multiculturalism and enriches it by applying the historical sociology and sociology of artistic culture approaches. Until the first years of the twentieth century, institutions such as National Academy of Design in New York imposed traditional style of painting consistently in line with the norms and values typical for the American Victorianism. Those practices were acts of symbolic violence promoting social and cultural domination of the Anglo-Americans. The opposition to the domination of Anglo-American system was expressed by various circles, including The Ashcan School artists and progressive intellectuals. They triggered social change and were instrumental in shaping modern social and cultural order in American society.

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