Art and Politics During the Cold War - Michał Wenderski

Art and Politics During the Cold War

Poland and the Netherlands
Buch | Hardcover
144 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-45335-4 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Drawing on thousands of historical documents from Polish and Dutch archives, this book explores the Cold War cultural exchange between so-called ‘smaller powers’ of this global conflict, which thus far has been predominately explored from the perspective of the two superpowers or more pivotal countries.
Drawing on thousands of historical documents from Polish and Dutch archives, this book explores Cold War cultural exchange between so-called ‘smaller powers’ of this global conflict, which thus far has been predominately explored from the perspective of the two superpowers or more pivotal countries.

By looking at how cultural, artistic and scholarly relations were developed between Poland and the Netherlands, Michał Wenderski sheds new light on the history of the Cultural Cold War that was not always orchestrated solely by its main players. Less pivotal states – for example, Poland and the Netherlands – likewise intentionally created their international cultural policies and shaped their cultural exchange with countries from the other side of the Iron Curtain. This study reconstructs these policies and identifies the varying factors that influenced them – both official and less formal.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, history of the Cold War, post-war European history, international cultural relations, Dutch studies and Polish studies.

Michał Wenderski, PhD, is an architect and scholar of modern Dutch and Flemish art and literature specialising in the history of cultural relations between Poland and the Low Countries. He currently works at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and Abbreviations

List of Archives and Archival Collections

Introduction

Chapter 1: Uneasy Beginnings (1947-1956)

“Nederland–Polen” as a Front Organisation of the Communist Authorities in Poland

First attempts at exhibition exchange between Poland and the Netherlands

Exhibiting Polish Folk Art in the Netherlands

Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Commemorating Mickiewicz in the Netherlands and Rembrandt in Poland

Informal diplomacy through personal mobility

Other Forms of International Cultural Exchange and Policy

Chapter 2: Towards the Cultural Agreement (1956-1967)

A gradual shift in the Dutch international cultural policy towards Poland

Is it sheer incompetence, or is he maybe a Communist agent?

Polish artistic invasion in the Netherlands

Between Rembrandt and Van Gogh – exhibiting Dutch art in Poland

Other forms of cultural exchange between Poland and the Netherlands

Towards the Cultural Agreement

Chapter 3: Détente, but first the Year of Revolt (1968-1979)

1968 in Poland

The Impact of the 1968 Events on Cultural Relations

Polish Counter Measures

The Delayed Implementation of the Cultural Agreement

Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and its impact on Polish-Dutch cultural relations

Chapter 4: The Last Decade (1979-1989)

Bilateral relations before 13 December 1981

The World and The Hague react to the Polish Crisis

Towards Normalisation

Conclusions

References

Annex: Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Polish People's Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of The Netherlands

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Research in Art and Politics
Zusatzinfo 14 Halftones, color; 21 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, color; 21 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 450 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-032-45335-4 / 1032453354
ISBN-13 978-1-032-45335-4 / 9781032453354
Zustand Neuware
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