Artă și societate în Sibiul modern
Art and society in modern Sibiu

Summary/Abstract: The cultural chronology of Sibiu cannot overlap with the political chronology of Romaniaor the principality of Transylvania, having its own criteria and benchmarks regarding the beginningand end of an era. Thus, the modernity of Sibiu is similar to the period of expression of the Baroquecurrent, imposed locally after the conquest of the city by the Habsburg Empire (1787) and declined inthe decades before the revolution of 1848. The Sibiu Baroque, of Viennese expression, was fully manifestedin architecture, painting, theater, sculpture and literature – through personalities educated inVienna and active in Sibiu. Here, in the political and military capital of Transylvania, the Baroque met afertile social ground, satisfying the needs of a high social class, politically and administratively capable,speaking German, which overcame confessional differences in order to build and enjoy together theViennese-inspired baroque expressions. Today, the baroque part of Sibiu defines it and represents themain cultural and tourist attraction.

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