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Demarginalizing Medieval Georgia: The History of Art History between Colonial Perspective and Nationalist Appropriation (1921–1991)

Descrizione del progetto

Una nuova strategia per includere l’arte medievale della Georgia

Da una prospettiva coloniale, i ricercatori russi e occidentali hanno presentato l’arte medievale georgiana come l’arte periferica bizantina. Tuttavia, nel corso del XX secolo, i ricercatori georgiani erano determinati a dimostrare come l’arte medievale «nazionale» della Georgia fosse pienamente autonoma e originale. Ciò rifletteva l’impulso georgiano di ottenere l’autonomia politica all’interno dell’Unione Sovietica. In tale contesto, il progetto DeMGeo, finanziato dall’UE, approfondirà la costruzione storiografica delle tre narrazioni principali (russa, occidentale e georgiana) sviluppate nei libri di storia dell’arte circa l’arte medievale georgiana nell’ambito della storia sociale e politica del XX secolo. L’obiettivo è interpretare in chiave non marginale l’arte medievale georgiana e preparare il terreno per una nuova ricerca.

Obiettivo

Characteristic by indisputable quality and profound cultural syncretism, the art of medieval Georgia arose from a cultural crossroads between Europe and Asia and has unjustly been put off the side-lines of the art historical canon. The marginalization is due in large part to historiographic factors. Russian and Western scholars presented it from a colonial perspective as the art of the Byzantine periphery, analogous to the marginal political position of the South Caucasus within the USSR. In contrast, Georgian scholars throughout the 20th century were determined to demonstrate that Georgian “national” medieval art was fully autonomous and original. That reflected the Georgian impulse to achieve political autonomy within the Soviet Union. Deploying methods proper to the epistemology of art history, DeMGeo aims to investigate the historiographic construction of the three dominant narratives – Russian, Western, and Georgian – developed in art history textbooks about Georgian medieval art, within the context of the 20th century political and social history. By revealing and deconstructing political and ideological strategies in past scholarship, the ambition is to de-marginalize Georgian medieval art and to prepare the terrain for new research in the field within the framework of a transcultural approach. The results will be applicable for other marginalized art histories marked by contested historiography, specifically in the context of the countries behind the Iron Curtain, and/or of the young nation-states born from multi-ethnic empires. The project is in line with EU cultural diplomacy, contributing to debates about World cultural heritage as a peace-building and soft power tool in societies marked by conflict. DeMGeo will be targeted at diverse audiences, thanks to the support of the CENT:RE at UHK, developing and applying innovative methods in the communication of academic research.

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Coordinatore

UNIVERZITA HRADEC KRALOVE
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 28 273,52
Indirizzo
ROKITANSKEHO 62
500 03 Hradec Kralove
Cechia
Regione
Česko Severovýchod Královéhradecký kraj
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 28 273,52

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