Persistent Illusions

Visual Culture and Historical Memory in Interwar Hungary

Nóra Veszprémi

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English

Cornell University Press
15 July 2025

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

Persistent Illusions examines the visual representation of history in interwar Hungary, where interpretations of the past were suffused with references to the country's recent territorial loss. In these images of history, nineteenth-century themes and motifs took on new forms to promote twentieth-century political ideas through the new media of modernity.

Nóra Veszprémi illustrates how modernization created resilient imagery that persists in cultural memory through a wide range of paintings, prints, stamps, public spectacles, and monuments. In doing so, she challenges the assumption that the official culture of the right-wing, authoritarian regime of Admiral Miklós Horthy was characterized by a superficial revival of historical styles. Instead, she argues that the regime drew on history in complex, modern ways that disseminated motifs and ideological frameworks across political divides. By analyzing how ideology shapes enduring concepts of the past through the evocative power of images, Persistent Illusions encourages the reader to critically examine the legacies of interwar ideas and imagery in the present day.

By: Nóra Veszprémi
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9781501782299
ISBN 10: 1501782290
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nóra Veszprémi is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies at the University of Birmingham and a Research Fellow at Masaryk University, Brno.