<h1>Introduction to the book History of Czech Art History II. 1970–1990</h1>

UMPRUM will ceremoniously present the book by Milena Bartlová titled "The History of Czech Art History II. 1970-1990. The Inability to Think Wholeness." The new publication by UMPRUM Publishing is the second work of historical elucidation of the transformations of the academic field of art history and theory in today's Czech Republic, and this time it focuses on the twenty years of so-called normalization. Milena Bartlová, based on extensive archival research, reading period artistic-historical publications, personal interviews, and not least her own memories and experiences, depicts the period when Czech art historians achieved the long-prepared goals of their field, yet had to grapple with the restrictions on the freedom of scientific research as well as university studies and the impossibility of free travel.