Vojtěch Birnbaum: The Principle of Art focuses on Birnbaum’s thoughts regarding the laws and principles of art, particularly as he observed and described them during the 1920s and 1930s. Vojtěch Birnbaum’s position as a theoretician focused on questions of development of art in the more general sense of the word had long remained outside the scope of interest of professional circles.
This exhibit thus aims to examine precisely this area of Birnbaum’s work, which seems to be fundamental to comprehending his opinions regarding art, especially on the topic of Medieval architecture. The exhibition thus tracks the roots of Birnbaum’s theoretical work within the broader context of European art historical and philosophical thinking, as well as trying to intimate the effect of his formulation of “development” in art on the next generation of art historians that were formative personalities in the field.
Curator: Tomáš Murár
Attendant lectures: 2 Feb 2017, 23 Feb 2017, 2 Mar 2017