Description
Book SynopsisFrom the early nineteenth century till the middle of the twentieth century, cultures in Europe were primarily national. They were organized and conceived of as attributes of the nation states. Nonetheless, these national cultures crossed borders with an unprecedented intensity even before globalization transformed the very concept of culture. During that long period, European cultures have imported and exported products, techniques, values, and ideas, relying on invisible but efficient international networks. The central agents of these networks are considered mediators: translators, publishers, critics, artists, art dealers and collectors, composers. These agents were not only the true architects of intercultural transfer, they also largely contributed to the shaping of a common canon and of aesthetic values that became part of the history of national cultures. Cultural Mediation in Europe, 1800-1950 analyses the strategic transfer roles of cultural mediators active in large parts of Western Europe in domains as varied as literature, music, painting, or art design.ContributorsAmelie Auzoux (Universite Paris IV-Sorbonne), Christophe Charle (Universite Paris I-Pantheon-Sorbonne), Kate Kangaslahti (KU Leuven), Vesa Kurkela (University of the Arts, Helsinki), Anne O'Connor (University of Galway), Saijaleena Rantanen (University of the Arts, Helsinki), Agnes Anna Sebestyen (Archaeolingua Publishing House), Inmaculada Seron Ordonez (University of Malaga), Renske Suijver (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Tom Toremans (KU Leuven), Dirk Weissmann (Universite Paris-Est Creteil)
Trade ReviewEin Resümee des Bd. fällt schwer; sein Verdienst liegt vor allem in dem Facettenreichtum, mit dem er das Forschungsfeld der kulturellen Vermittlungschlaglichtartig auslotet.
Gerhard Kuck, Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken, Volume 100 Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.1515/qufiab-2020-0036
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Reine Meylaerts, Lieven D’hulst & Tom Verschaffel
I. ACTORS
James/Diego/Jaime Clark: Shedding Light on the Translator who Sparked Modern Spanish Translations of Shakespeare
Inmaculada Serón Ordóñez
Hendrik Willem Mesdag: An Enterprising Artist and Collector
Renske Suijver
Paris in the Late Nineteenth – Early Twentieth Century: The Consecration of European Letters or the Production of “Belles Infidèles”?
Amélie Auzoux
II. JOURNALS
Cultural Transfer Through Translation in The Edinburgh Review, 1802-1807
Tom Toremans
Mediating Breuer: The Transfer of Images and Texts on Marcel Breuer’s Tubular Steel Furniture
Ágnes Anna Sebestyén
Spreading the Word and Image of Modernism: Christian Zervos and Cahiers d’Art, 1926-1960
Kate Kangaslahti
III. POLITICS
Towards a Comparative History of Mediators: Double Men and Women
Christophe Charle
Mediating Through Translation: Irish Cultural Nationalism and European Importations
Anne O’Connor
Germany as a Cultural Paragon: Transferring Modern Musical Life from Central Europe to Finland
Vesa Kurkela & Saijaleena Rantanen
Dada – Rag-time – Cabaret: Artistic Internationalism and Multilingual Writing in Walter Mehring’s Work
Dirk Weissmann
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