The series publishes research monographs and edited collections, covering areas including art history, theory, and visual culture. Routledge Research in Art History is our home for the latest scholarship in the field of art history. Jana Wijnsouw holds a PhD from the Department of Art History, Music, and Theatre Studies at Ghent University. Artists covered include Guillaume Geefs, Eugène Simonis, Charles Van der Stappen, Julien Dillens, Paul Devigne, Constantin Meunier, and George Minne. The role, importance of, and emphasis on certain aspects of national identity evolved throughout the century, while a diverse array of criteria were indicated by commissioners, art critics, or artists that supposedly constituted a “national sculpture.” By confronting the role and impact of the four most crucial actors within the artistic field (politics, education, exhibitions, public commissions) with a linear timeframe, this book offers a chronological as well as a thematic approach. This book elaborates on the social and cultural phenomenon of national schools during the nineteenth century, via the less studied field of sculpture and using Belgium as a case study. National Identity and Nineteenth-Century Franco-Belgian Sculpture
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