Petra Trnková (ed.)
This monograph by a collective of experts is the final publication of the project “Renewing the Buquoy Cultural Landscape”, and brings together the results of five years of meticulous research into the pictorial and written sources relating to the artistic and cultural circle of the Buquoy family in the 18th and 19th centuries. The central theme of the book is the figure of Count Georg Johann Heinrich Buquoy and his activities as a patron of the arts in Bohemia in the mid-19th century, with a particular focus on his interests in the fields of landscaping, architecture, collecting, his own artistic work, and pictorial documentation. Considerable attention is devoted to the broader thematic and territorial context of his patronage of the arts, with the important contribution of the two previous generations being taken into account.
Based on many examples, the book demonstrates that Count Buquoy’s enthusiasm for the contemporary ideals of romanticism and historicism, and his endeavours to give a real form to these ideals, went far beyond the usual, virtually obligatory, artistic interests of members of his social class. Through his inputs into shaping the landscape in the Nové Hrady region (whether in terms of ideas or of finance), his ingenious concept for the Rožmberk Castle Museum, and his long-term systematic efforts to document the gradual changes in romantic and historical styles on his estates, he represented a quite unique phenomenon in the field of the arts patronage of his day in a broader Central European context.
The content of the book reflects the structure and phases of the overall research, and also the research priorities of the individual members of the collective of authors:
1/ Martin Krummholz: The Theresian Valley and the romantic vision of Georg Johann Buquoy
2/ Petr Šámal: Art as a family tradition. Georg Johann Buquoy in the context of aristocratic dilettantism
3/ Petra Trnková: Knights, pilgrims, tourists, archaeologists, and antique dealers on the Rožmberk estate
4/ Petr Šámal: Painters, draughtsmen, and graphic artists in the service of Georg Johann Buquoy
5/ Jan Ivanega: The Buquoys between Prague, Vienna, Červený Hrádek and Nové Hrady
The book is published in a bilingual, Czech-English version.
First edition, czech/english, 296 p., colour illustrations, index of names, Praha 2015
ISBN 978-80-86890-80-7
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