This study provides an in-depth overview of the development of a national identity in Romanian art, architecture and design at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. By exploring the political, cultural and artistic forces that molded the emerging art scene, the text represents the first synthetic attempt to examine the interrelationship of the Romanian arts as a whole. Kallestrup also makes available relevant unpublished materials which highlight the international significance of artists who were previously little known outside of Romania.