About the Journal

Opuscula historiae artium

ISSN 1211-7390

About the journal

Opuscula Historiae Artium is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published bianually by the Art History Department, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. It welcomes contributions in the field of history of art and related disciplines. The journal, published since 1996, is a continuation of Series historiae artium (H) of Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis. The journal is included in SCOPUS and ERIH PLUS databases.

Digital access and archiving policy

Full texts of articles are available in the Digital Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, which is the primary source and repository of academic publications at the Faculty of Arts. The journal websites (built in Open Journal Systems) contain links to the fulltext articles archived in the Digital Library. The journal website is used mainly as a presentation platform for accessing all the information about the journal. This approach to long-term access and digital archiving of fulltexts "in one place" (i.e., in the Digital Library) is a strategic decision that was adopted by the Faculty of Arts many years ago. It allows us to ensure high-quality and consistent processing of metadata as well as long-term preservation (LTP) of digital documents, enabling users to search through all the texts.

History of journal

Series historiae artium of Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis has been published regularly since 1957 as the specialist periodical of the Art History Department of the Arts Faculty of Masaryk University in Brno. It is thus been for many years one of the few periodicals published by art history departments at Bohemian and Moravian universities. Even though our journal could not be published every year during the 1970s and 1980s, it was never suspended completely and, in the difficult situation that the Department and our discipline in general found themselves in at that time, it provided a reminder that the study of art history still existed at Brno University, in spite of the fact that it no longer had its own independent structure. After a period of consolidation after 1989, the art history section of the journal was once again published every year from 1997 onwards under the new title Opuscula Historiae Artium. The original subtitle Studia minora facultatis philosophicae. Series historiae artium and the continuity of numbering the different issues were preserved from the original publication, but the basic conception of the content was modified slightly (see the editorial in: Opuscula Historiae Artium F 40, 1997).

During the course of its existence so far, the art history section of the Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis has undoubtedly acquired a distinctive position among art history periodicals in the Czech lands. It has included a wealth of academic studies, articles, lectures and reviews by the teachers who have taught at the Department over the years, graduates from the Department, and since 1997 also by gifted students who have not yet graduated. Special issues prepared as Festschrifts to mark the birthdays of significant figures on the Brno art history scene (such as Eugen Dostal, Vaclav Richter, Albert Kutal, Antonin Friedl, Bohdan Lacina, Ivo Krsek, Zdenek Kudelka and Milos Stehlik) often included major contributions by leading art historians both from the Czech Republic and from other countries, and sometimes by prominent representatives of other academic fields such as philosophy, classical archaeology, history, aesthetics, or ethnography.

The jubilee 50th issue of Opuscula Historiae Artium from 2006 - in contrast to those of the previous ten years - was planned so as to include contributions by all the current teachers at the Department, both professors and lecturers. The topics of their contributions reflect the content and main thematic areas of the research activity of the Department, which traditionally focuses primarily on the study of art history, architecture, sculpture, painting, and arts and crafts in Moravia from medieval times until the present, taking into account the broader Central European context. At the same time they attempt to present the methodological approaches that are characteristic of the Brno school of art history. This jubilee issue, together with the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the first independent number of the art history section of the Studia minora facultatis philosophicae universitatis Brunensis, has also inspired us to compile a list of all the contributions printed in the 50 volumes published so far. This list has been compiled by Polana Bregantova, an acknowledged specialist on art history bibliography in the Czech lands.

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The journal does not require authors to pay any publication fees (APC, ASC). The publication charges are covered by the institutional support by Masaryk University. Therefore the journal does not apply a waiver policy for authors.

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