CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Nagyházi-Soóky, Anna Ágnes |
|---|---|
| Title | The Development of Art Criticism in Budapest from 1884 to 1901 Through the Works of Zolt??n Ambrus, Tam??s Szana and K??roly Lyka |
| Summary | The aim of the current research was to observe the development of art criticism as a separate field of expertise. The investigation entailed the search for and analysis of articles printed in the periodicals of fin-de-siécle Budapest. Within the framework of this thesis, the scope was limited to the investigation of only four publications: A Hét [The Week], Magyar Salon [Hungarian Salon], Új Idők [New Times] and Élet [Life]. Soon after launching my research, the existence of numerous critics turned out to be a problem that automatically led to narrowing down my focus on the three most prolific and diverse figures: Zoltán Ambrus, Tamás Szana and Károly Lyka. Focusing on these three critics enabled me to obtain a complex perspective assessing different approaches. The results of my research were often startling, considering that as I set out on this voyage I expected to find a more evident trajectory of development of authors and was left with a more subtle change. Boundaries are not easy to draw in distinguishing different styles in art history and marking the borderline between amateur and professional texts of criticism was no exception. In conclusion, after completing the analysis of articles on Hungarian art, between 1884 and 1901 art criticism as a distinct discipline developed while Hungarian art culture began to thrive and acquire a national tone. It is still only the initial forms that are visible in art reviews consulted, which precisely constructs the essence and peculiarity of my research: seeing a flower bud is more fascinating than merely observing the flower itself. The flush of this new growth could certainly be seen in this period, which presumably reached a true opening in the wake of the twentieth century. Art criticism is after all, analyzing elements of a painting, meanwhile constructing meaning of its entirety, an understanding of fine art to which in some degree, Ambrus, Szana and Lyka all contribute but one of them excels. |
| Supervisor | Szonyi Endre Gyorgy; Buckley Lucento Angelina |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/nagyhazi-sooky_anna.pdf |
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