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About the Journal
Text and Image: Essential Problems in Art History is an international peer-reviewed biannual electronic journal established by the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine). The journal has been launched in 2016 with the aim of contributing to the development of scientific communication between researchers who study fine art in historical and cultural contexts.
The Editorial board encourages submissions of previously unpublished original scholarly articles on topics of significance to those concerned with the problem of historical narrative and visual imagery correlation, in various cultures, from ancient to recent history. We also invite to submit brief contributions, including book and exhibition reviews, interviews and short surveys.
The journal is indexed in DOAJ
eISSN: 2519-4801
The editorial board of Text and Image: Essential Problems in Art History is pleased to announce that the upcoming issue No. 2(22), 2026 will be devoted to political iconography — a methodological framework introduced by Martin Warnke that has profoundly influenced the study of art’s political dimensions.
In the second half of the twentieth century, art historians increasingly explored how images shape, reflect, and challenge power. Warnke’s concept of political iconography opened new perspectives for examining visual strategies of propaganda, representation, and ideology — from Antiquity to the present.
This special issue seeks to revisit and critically reassess political iconography in diverse historical and regional contexts, with particular attention to Central and Eastern Europe.
Suggested topics include:
– the legacy and critique of Martin Warnke’s approach;
– the development of political iconography in Central and Eastern Europe;
– image politics in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern period;
– art and power in totalitarian regimes;
– the potential of political iconography for studying 20th- and 21st-century art.
Abstract deadline: 1 February 2026
Submit to: Illia Levchenko, Special Issue Editor — levchenko@knu.ua
Full papers (based on accepted abstracts) are due by 1 August 2026.
Current Issue
Vol. 2 No. 20 (2025): TXIM
Published:
2025-10-26
