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Title Cultural mediation in Europe, 1800-1950 / edited by Reine Meylaerts, Lieven D'hulst & Tom Verschaffel
Published Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (222 pages)
Summary International exchange in European cultural life in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cultural relations.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Civilization
Cultural relations
International relations
SUBJECT Europe -- Civilization -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045639
Europe -- Civilization -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045640
Europe -- Relations -- 19th century
Europe -- Relations -- 20th century
Subject Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Maylaerts, Reine, editor
Hulst, Lieven d', editor
Verschaffel, Tom, editor
ISBN 9789461662408
9461662408