The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe-s (GWZO) nine-volume edition project takes a look for the first time at 1,500 years of cultural heritage in the region between the Adriatic, Baltic, and Black Sea from a transnational, overall European perspective.
The era from 1570 to 1670 was shaped by big crises in Europe. The denominational and military conflicts of the sixteenth and seventeenth century changed the conditions for artistic work in East-Central Europe. But this in no way led to a decline in art production. It instead defined new tasks and functions for art, promoted artistic exchange and the migration of artists, helped advance new artistic centers, and gave rise to new dynamics of representation.
