engleski

18th Century Painting and Sculpture in Northern Croatia in the Context of Central European Art - Surpassing the Boundaries

Throughout the centuries Croatia experienced turbulent political life. Being at the crossroads of different cultural and artistic influences and, moreover, the point at which the Mediterranean meets Central Europe and closest to the places were East penetrates furthest into the West. As far as the stylistic influences and the reception of style are concerned, the 18th Century art in NC in most of its aspects corresponds to the features of Central European late Baroque art. This is mostly due to the fact that at the time Croatia was a part of the Habsburg Monarchy, which by its widely extended borders provided a vast frame for the various artists who traveled arround, or carried out various commissions of artworks throughout that extensive empire.

Baroque; 18th Century; Painting; Sculpture; North Croatia

nije evidentirano