TY - JOUR
TI - The History of Artistic Freedom as a Legal Standard in Western Culture: An Attempt at Periodization of the Process of Its Formation
AU - Bieczyński, Mateusz Maria
TI - The History of Artistic Freedom as a Legal Standard in Western Culture: An Attempt at Periodization of the Process of Its Formation
AB - 
	This article focuses the historical process of a radical reformulation of the mechanisms of legal regulation of creative activity in the field of visual arts on the European continent, beginning from the second commandment in the Old Testament (the prohibition of imaging) to the contemporary constitutional protection rules in place in Europe and the United States (freedom of artistic expression). The study assumes that the transition from the ban on imaging to the freedom of artistic expression was a result of the long-term evolution of social relations, which involved a gradual liberalization of cultural life and the liberation of the sphere of art from the dictates of religion, politics (the State), professional associations, and the rules of the art market. It characterizes specific historical periods which changed the model of regulating culture and art by the State (or religious communities), and proposes a model of periodization of the history of the formation of artistic freedom as a legal standard.
VL - 2021
IS - 1/2021 (7)
PY - 2021
SN - 2391-7997
C1 - 2450-050X
SP - 145
EP - 170
DO - 10.4467/2450050XSNR.21.010.14599
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/saaclr/article/the-history-of-artistic-freedom-as-a-legal-standard-in-western-culture-an-attempt-at-periodization-of-the-process-of-its-formation
KW - art freedom
KW - art and law
KW - art censorship