Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword, Prof. Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Preface, Krzysztof Pomian
Introduction
Prologue: On the Eve of the 20th Century, A Cultural Awakening that
Faced Twin Obstructions
Part One: 1905-1915. A Socio-Cultural ‘Risorgimento’
Chapter 1. The Emergence of Demands for Autonomy in the Russian
Empire
Chapter 2. The Formation of an Imaginary Landscape for the Latvian
Nation. 1905-1920
Chapter 3. The Arts in the Service of the Latvian Idea
Part Two: 1915-1920. The Chaos of the First World War
Chapter 4. The Collapse of the Russian Empire and the Emergence of
Latvian Political Demands
Chapter 5. Depiction of a Heroic People, a New Source Fro the
Imaginary Landscape Created in Latvian Art
Chapter 6. Artists in the Service of National Symbolism
Part Three: The Construction of a State. 1920-1934
Chapter 7. A Vulnerable Parliamentary State
Chapter 8. An Assertive Cultural Policy
Chapter 9. The ‘Latvianization’ of the Visual Arts
Part Four: From Nation to Nationalism
Chapter 10. The Authoritarian Regime. 1934-1940
Chapter 11. Latvianisation of the arts
Chapter 12. Architecture and urban development harnessed by the
state
Conclusion
Maps
Chronology
Illustrations Table
Bibliography and Sources
Index
Suzanne Pourchier-Plasseraud (PhD in History, Université de Paris 1- La Sorbonne) has extensively travelled in the Baltic States since 1988 and is a specialist in visual arts of Lithuania and Latvia. She is one of the co-authors of Capitales baltes (Autrement ,1999 ), Carnets baltes 1980-1999 (Lituanica, 1999), Les Litvaks, héritage universel d’un monde juif disparu (la Découverte, 2008), and the author of Les Arts de la nation, construction nationale et arts visuels en Lettonie 1905-1934 (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2012).
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