Das Liebeskonzil (The Council of Love): Difference between revisions

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Date: 1895

Region: Europe

Subject: Religion

Medium: Theater

Artist: Oscar Panizza

Confronting Bodies: a Munich Court In 1993, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a decision made seven years earlier (1986) by an Austrian court to stop a film based on the play.

Dates of Action: 1895 and 1986

Location: Munich in 1895 and Innsbruck in 1986

Description of Artwork: Oscar Panizza, a turn-of-the-century modernist, made religious and political hypocrisy his main target. In Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany, he found no lack of inspiration. Das Liebeskonzil is a satire on the hypocrisy of religion.

The Incident: The Liebeskonzil was banned by a Munich court in 1895, and Panizza was sentenced to a year in prison for blasphemy. Results of Incident:’’’ Director Werner Schroeter made a film version of the movie in 1986 Das Liebeskonzil (film) which also stirred controversy

Source: NCAC, Arne Ruth

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+====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] ====
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 '''Artist:''' Oscar Panizza
-'''Confronting Bodies:''' The Liebeskonzil was banned by a Munich court in 1895, and Panizza was sentenced to a year in prison for blasphemy.
+'''Confronting Bodies:'''  a Munich Court
 In 1993, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a decision made seven years earlier (1986) by an Austrian court to stop a film based on the play.
 '''Dates of Action:''' 1895 and 1986
-'''Location:''' Munich in 1895
+'''Location:''' Munich in 1895 and Innsbruck in 1986
-Innsbruck in 1986
-'''Description of Artwork:''' Oscar Panizza, a turn-of-the-century modernist, made religious and political hypocrisy his main target. In Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany, he found no lack of inspiration. Das Liebeskonzil is a satire on the hypocrisy of religion. In the Austrian film version, the director Werner Schroeter used a performance of the play by Teatro Belli in Rome as a basis and set it in the context of a reconstruction of Panizza's blasphemy trial.  <P>
-'''The Incident:''' In support of its ruling, the European Court applied the principle of giving national definitions of human rights a certain latitude, regardless of the symbolic implications of upholding outright censorship at a European level.  <P>
-The Innsbruck court of appeals confirmed a decision of a lower court, based on the assumption that "artistic freedom is necessarily limited by the rights of others to religious freedom and the obligation of the state to guarantee a society founded on order and tolerance."
+'''Description of Artwork:''' Oscar Panizza, a turn-of-the-century modernist, made religious and political hypocrisy his main target. In Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany, he found no lack of inspiration. ''Das Liebeskonzil'' is a satire on the hypocrisy of religion. <P>
-'''Results of Incident:''' In both cases the work of art is condemned for blasphemy. <P>
+'''The Incident:''' The Liebeskonzil was banned by a Munich court in 1895, and Panizza was sentenced to a year in prison for blasphemy.
+'''Results of Incident:’’’ Director Werner Schroeter made a film version of the movie in 1986 [[Das Liebeskonzil (film)]] which also stirred controversy <P>
 '''Source:''' NCAC, Arne Ruth
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