Joventut

Joventut (full title: Joventut : periòdich catalanista : art, ciencia, literatura) was a Catalan-language illustrated weekly magazine founded in Barcelona in 1900 and discontinued in 1906. It was launched on 15 February 1900 by the journalist Lluís Via i Pagès (1870–1940), who opened its first editorial with a proclamation of a form of universal Catalanism — federating, open to modernity and to the world — signed by Pompeu Gener. The launch price was 10 centimes of a peseta, cheap even for the time; in 1903 the cover price doubled. The magazine appeared as a 16-page booklet, graphically designed by Alexandre de Riquer, who was initially inspired by the Art & Craft movement artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones. Later issues were offered as remarkably illustrated yellow volumes, with a graphic style inspired by the English magazine The Yellow Book. Joventut is regarded as one of the principal illustrated Modernista reviews published in Spain before 1914, and arguably one of the few durable examples of a genuinely Art Nouveau review in the entire Iberian Peninsula. Lluís Via surrounded himself with a team that included Oriol Martí i Ballès (society), Emili Tintorer (theatre), Joaquim Pena i Costa (music) and Salvador Vilaregut i Martí (literature). Alexandre de Riquer handled the artistic side. The publication is now in the public domain and is digitised by the Biblioteca de Catalunya in the ARCA (Arxiu de Revistes Catalanes Antigues) collection, where volumes I to VII are available online. As a commercial publishing venture, Joventut was a periodical brand rather than a manufacturing company: its product was the weekly issue itself, sold by subscription and at newsstands in Barcelona and Catalonia. Its identity was closely tied to the Catalanist and Modernista cultural milieu of early 20th-century Barcelona, alongside reviews such as Luz, Quatre Gats, Pèl & Ploma and Forma. It ceased publication in 1906.

Joventut was founded in Barcelona in 1900 as a Catalanist weekly of art, science and literature. Its first issue appeared on 15 February 1900, edited by the journalist Lluís Via i Pagès (1870–1940). The opening editorial, signed by Pompeu Gener, proclaimed a form of universal Catalanism — federating, open to modernity and to the world. The launch price was 10 centimes of a peseta, cheap even for the period; in 1903 the cover price doubled. The magazine was published as a 16-page booklet. Its graphic design was entrusted to Alexandre de Riquer, who initially drew inspiration from the Art & Craft movement artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones. Later issues were issued as remarkably illustrated yellow volumes, with a graphic style inspired by the English magazine The Yellow Book. Joventut is considered one of the principal illustrated Modernista reviews to appear in Spain before 1914, and arguably one of the few durable examples of a genuinely Art Nouveau review in the whole Iberian Peninsula. Lluís Via assembled a team that included Oriol Martí i Ballès (society), Emili Tintorer (theatre), Joaquim Pena i Costa (music) and Salvador Vilaregut i Martí (literature). Alexandre de Riquer was responsible for the artistic side. The review was part of the Catalan Modernista press landscape alongside titles such as Luz, Quatre Gats, Pèl & Ploma and Forma. The publication ran until 1906. It is now in the public domain and has been digitised by the Biblioteca de Catalunya within the ARCA (Arxiu de Revistes Catalanes Antigues) collection, where volumes I to VII are available online. The magazine's full title, Joventut : periòdich catalanista : art, ciencia, literatura, and its weekly Thursday publication schedule are recorded in the ARCA catalogue.

• 1906

  Publication of Joventut ceased.

• 1903

  Cover price of the magazine doubled.

• 1900

  First issue of Joventut published in Barcelona on 15 February, edited by Lluís Via i Pagès.

Catalanist, Modernista and Art Nouveau illustrated weekly aimed at a broad, modern, internationally open Catalan readership.

• Joventut weekly magazine

  16-page illustrated Catalanist weekly of art, science and literature, published Thursdays.

• Yellow-bound volumes

  Collected issues issued as remarkably illustrated yellow volumes inspired by The Yellow Book.

1. 1Arxiu de Revistes Catalanes Antigues > Títols › Resultados de títulosarca.bnc.cat
2. 2Wikidata: Joventutwikidata.org
3. 3Wikipédia (fr): Joventut (revue)fr.wikipedia.org