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Journal Article
Martyrdom for the Nation. The Slavic Balkans in the Painting of the Nineteenth Century
2009
Overview
In the beginning was Delacroix. He gave expression to Greece's striving for independence. After that, artists from East Central Europe directed their interest to the Balkans. They dedicated numerous pictures to the anti-Ottoman uprisings of the south Slavic peoples & made their cause well-known. In doing so, they fell back on archetypical motifs of occidental tradition, thus creating the narrative of national martyrdom & stereotypes about the Balkans. With their oeuvre, they influenced the self-perception of the Slavs & facilitated their nation-building. At the same time, the artists implicitly criticized political conditions at home & expressed their own national ambitions. Adapted from the source document.
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