DOI article:
Grzegorz First: Between Two Emerging Disciplines Art History in Vienna and Classical Archaeology in Cracow on the Breakthroughs in Art
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illustrative art fell from the 7th to the 10th centuries. The
illusionism is replaced by a penchant for details, and
drawing regains its rightful place even in colorful mi-
niatures. This was, therefore, a kind of return to Gre-
co-Roman naturalism. Thus, the circle of Roman and
early Christian art, which, in formal terms, constitutes
an equally organic whole, closed in a way similar to the
writings of the Church Fathers with classical literature.37
SUMMARY
Grzegorz First
BETWEEN TWO EMERGING DISCIPLINES.
ART HISTORY IN VIENNA AND CLASSICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY IN CRACOW
ON THE BREAKTHROUGHS IN ART
The second half of the 19th c. marked the beginning of the
institutionalization of two great disciplines in the Human-
ities - art history and classical archaeology. This process
took place in many European centres, including Vienna,
and influenced other university cities in the Habsburg
Monarchy. There are obvious connections between the
beginnings of art history and the interest in ancient Greek
and Roman art. It is visible in the works of both art his-
torians, who often referred to the ancient roots of artis-
tic phenomena, and archaeologists, who often referred to
parallels and concepts developed by art historians. On the
basis of the connections between the Viennese and Cra-
cow centres, this is visible, for example, in the works of
Alois Riegl and Franz Wickhoff and their influence on the
work and research undertaken by Piotr Bieńkowski, the
founder and organizer of the Department of Classical Ar-
chaeology in Cracow (1897). These connections are vis-
ible, for example, in Bieńkowskis work Impressionism in
Roman and Early Christian Art, which was published in
1896 and referred to Viennese theoreticians of art history.
37 Ibidem, pp. 33-34.
illustrative art fell from the 7th to the 10th centuries. The
illusionism is replaced by a penchant for details, and
drawing regains its rightful place even in colorful mi-
niatures. This was, therefore, a kind of return to Gre-
co-Roman naturalism. Thus, the circle of Roman and
early Christian art, which, in formal terms, constitutes
an equally organic whole, closed in a way similar to the
writings of the Church Fathers with classical literature.37
SUMMARY
Grzegorz First
BETWEEN TWO EMERGING DISCIPLINES.
ART HISTORY IN VIENNA AND CLASSICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY IN CRACOW
ON THE BREAKTHROUGHS IN ART
The second half of the 19th c. marked the beginning of the
institutionalization of two great disciplines in the Human-
ities - art history and classical archaeology. This process
took place in many European centres, including Vienna,
and influenced other university cities in the Habsburg
Monarchy. There are obvious connections between the
beginnings of art history and the interest in ancient Greek
and Roman art. It is visible in the works of both art his-
torians, who often referred to the ancient roots of artis-
tic phenomena, and archaeologists, who often referred to
parallels and concepts developed by art historians. On the
basis of the connections between the Viennese and Cra-
cow centres, this is visible, for example, in the works of
Alois Riegl and Franz Wickhoff and their influence on the
work and research undertaken by Piotr Bieńkowski, the
founder and organizer of the Department of Classical Ar-
chaeology in Cracow (1897). These connections are vis-
ible, for example, in Bieńkowskis work Impressionism in
Roman and Early Christian Art, which was published in
1896 and referred to Viennese theoreticians of art history.
37 Ibidem, pp. 33-34.