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====Date: [[:Category:1851 - 1899|1851 - 1899]] [[:Category:1985 - 1995|1985 - 1995]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Date: [[:Category:1895|1895]]====


====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]] ====


====Subject: [[:Category:Religious|Religious]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Religion|Religion]]====


====Medium: [[:Category:Theatre|Theatre]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Theater|Theater]]====
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'''Artist:''' Oscar Panizza
'''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.
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
'''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>
'''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>


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."
'''The Incident:''' The Liebeskonzil was banned by a Munich court in 1895, and Panizza was sentenced to a year in prison for blasphemy. <P>


'''Results of Incident:''' In both cases the work of art is condemned for blasphemy. <P>
'''Results of Incident''': Director Werner Schroeter made [[Das Liebeskonzil (film)]] in 1986  which also stirred controversy <P>


'''Source:''' NCAC, Arne Ruth
'''Source:''' NCAC, Arne Ruth


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Latest revision as of 16:46, 3 February 2012

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 Das Liebeskonzil (film) in 1986 which also stirred controversy

Source: NCAC, Arne Ruth