![]() ![]() The milieu which yield the three above-mentioned associations consisted of ARTISTS-GENIUSES, ARTISTS-NEUROTICS, ARTISTS-PRIESTS, and also ARTISTS-ACTORS who were ready to fulfil their great missions according to the principle of "ART FOR ART'S SAKE". ![]() The three associations closely collaborated with three art journals, set up almost simultaneously: Ver Sacrum in Vienna, Volné Směry in Prague, and Życie in Cracow, which on their pages united an analogous literary content with a beautiful layout and graphic design. Each of them possessed its own, specific kind of a "temple" and salon of art, where - beside exhibiting art - they introduced a new style of exhibition arrangement, using painted friezes, draperies, furniture, and above all - decorative shrubs, plants and festoons of flowers, which made the exhibition space look like a society drawing-room or a garden house. The three groups maintained mutual contacts (however cold they proved to be), and jointly participated in many exhibitions, asserting at the same time their distinct national characters. It was at that time that the three art associations: Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs - "Wiener Secession", Towarzystwo Artystów Polskich "Sztuka", and Spolek výtvarných umělců Mánes were set up. The years 18 are regarded as the golden era for three art groups and three art journals in three separate centres of the Habsburg empire - the cities of Vienna, Cracow and Prague.
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