2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Etching as visual medium in Vienna around 1800
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24520835
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | オーストリア / ハプスブルク君主国 / 印刷文化 / 識字と読書 / 銅版画 / 民衆文化 / 消費文化 / 啓蒙主義 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The Josefinian era refers to two decades in the history of Habsburg Monarchy marked by reforms, the renovation and modernization. At that time many kinds of printed matters played a vital role in spreading new knowledge about Enlightenment. However, as the literacy rate may never have gone up to 50%, even in the big cities like Vienna, we should not overestimate the value of books, newspapers and journals in the whole society. This reserch project started from hypothesis that the graphic arts, especially etchings, had also an important function as vehicles for the ideas of Enlightenment. To achieve this aim the works of the famous print maker Hieronymus Loeschenkohl in Vienna were analyzed.
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| Free Research Field |
西洋史学
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