Painting national character: A comparison of nationalist art by A.M. Mucha and V.M. Vasnetsov

This paper examines how nationalist sentiments are differently manifested in the works of Alphonse Mucha and Viktor Vasnetsov. In order to understand the nature of these sentiments, the biographies of the painters and the socio-political circumstances of their relative homelands are considered. Additionally three works from each painter are...