Kawiarniane impresje o sztuce w narracji "Próchna" Wacława Berenta. Spektrum postaw artystycznych na łamach „Chimery” po roku 1900
Café Impressions about Art in the Narrative of Wacław Berent’s "Próchno". The Spectrum of Artistic Attitudes in “Chimera” Around 1900

Author(s): Dorota Kownacka-Rogulska
Subject(s): Cultural history, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: modernism; Wacław Berent; Próchno; “Chimera”; art for art’s sake; bohemia
Summary/Abstract: An analysis of the condition of art would seem incomplete without taking into account the reflections of Wacław Berent, presented in Próchno in “Chimera” around 1900. Taking an external perspective on the internal decay of bohemia, the author seems to agree with the universalism of Leonardo da Vinci’s thought, whose theses, translated by Miriam, appeared in the last issue of the magazine. The necessity to wait out the bad times, mentioned by Leonardo in The Last Lecture, awakened in the writer a desire to take responsibility for art, to find cultural continuity and to deepen the reflection on its mission.

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