The Creator as the Subject of Art History

The Creator as the Subject of Art History. The Position of the Author after “Death”

Petr Jindra-Radim Vondráček (eds.)

This publication is the 6th volume of contributions from the regular congresses of art historians, organized by the Czech Association of Art Historians. The topic of the 6th Congress, which took place from 20 to 21 September 2018 at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague and the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, is reflected here in a wide range of approaches in five thematic units: I. Author’s apology; II. Does every work of art have an author?; III. The artist, the work of art and “co-authorship” of the scene; IV. The personal narratives and self-styling of artists; V. Forgery, fiction, mystification, or Joke, satire, irony, and deeper meaning. Each thematic block is preceded by an introductory study written by experts in the field.

First Edition in Czech, English summary, 323 pages, colour illustrations, Prague 2020
ISBN: 978-80-88283-35-5

Texts: Milena Bartlová, Hana Buddeus, Karel Císař, Jana Fantysová Matějková, Marcel Fišer, Ivo Hlobil, Petr Jindra, Petra Kolářová, Tomáš Kolich, Milan Kreuzzieger, Blanka Kubíková, Lucia Kvočáková, Johana Lomová, Zdislava Melicharová Ryantová, Kamil Nábělek, Terezie Nekvindová, Magdalena Nespěšná Hamsíková, Michaela Ottová, Martina Pachmanová, Lenka Panušková, Tatiana Petrasová, Roman Prahl, Marcela Rusinko, Tomáš Sekyrka, Jitka Šosová, Josef Štogr, Petr Tomášek, Vít Vlnas, Radim Vondráček, Tomáš Winter, Jana Zapletalová

Published by Artefactum, the publishing house of the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Czech Association of Art Historians

Price: 290 CZK