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‘This hidden corner of Europe’: evaluating medieval architecture in nineteenth-century Finland
The Journal of Architecture Pub Date : 2020-11-16 , DOI: 10.1080/13602365.2020.1849354
Anna Ripatti 1
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In the first survey of the history of Finnish art (1891), art historian Eliel Aspelin tried to prove that, despite its marginal position, Finland was part of the ‘civilised’ Western Europe. He presented a picture of a periphery with substantial, yet unfulfilled, artistic potential. This article explores the ways in which Aspelin negotiated the marginality of Finland through the history of art in general and medieval architecture in particular. The nineteenth-century intellectual and political debates that surrounded medieval buildings, constructed at a time when Finland was part of the Swedish Kingdom, played a problematic role in narrating Finnish history and defining its geopolitical position as an autonomous grand duchy in the Russian Empire. By examining how Aspelin integrated medieval architecture into his general survey, this article unravels how this heritage was used as a political tool in constructing a modern nation. While medieval architecture linked Finland to ‘western civilisation’, this heritage also marked its fundamental difference from any artistic centre. The article argues that through this self-marginalisation Aspelin created a positive and progressive image of a European periphery with unique innate creativity.

中文翻译:

“欧洲的这个隐秘角落”:评估 19 世纪芬兰的中世纪建筑

在芬兰艺术史的第一次调查(1891 年)中,艺术史学家 Eliel Aspelin 试图证明,尽管芬兰处于边缘地位,但它是“文明”西欧的一部分。他展示了一幅具有巨大但未实现的艺术潜力的外围画面。本文通过一般艺术史,尤其是中世纪建筑史,探讨了阿斯佩林 (Aspelin) 谈判芬兰边缘地位的方式。围绕中世纪建筑的 19 世纪知识分子和政治辩论,在芬兰是瑞典王国的一部分时建造的,在叙述芬兰历史和确定其作为俄罗斯帝国自治大公国的地缘政治地位方面发挥了有问题的作用。通过研究 Aspelin 如何将中世纪建筑融入他的综合调查中,本文揭示了这一遗产如何被用作建设现代国家的政治工具。虽然中世纪建筑将芬兰与“西方文明”联系起来,但这一遗产也标志着它与任何艺术中心的根本区别。文章认为,通过这种自我边缘化,阿斯佩林创造了一个具有独特天生创造力的欧洲外围的积极和进步的形象。
更新日期:2020-11-16
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