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The Academic Church of St Catherine in Zagreb

This book about the Academic Church of St Catherine in Zagreb resulted from a research programme of the Institute of Art History. It is a fine monograph about the best-known Croatian Baroque church (1620–1632), built as part of the former Jesuit complex in Zagreb’s Upper Town. In-depth studies by three authors – Katarina Horvat-Levaj (architecture), Doris Baričević (sculpture) and Mirjana Repanić-Braun (painting, stucco and artistic craftwork) – show the historical development of the church and its rich inventory, which is explored and assessed in the context of related Croatian and Central-European architecture. Besides the interpretative text with many new results, there are also documents concerning the church’s construction and inventory and archival designs and illustrations dating from the 17th to the 19th century, acquired from archives in Croatia, Austria, Hungary and France. The study is illustrated by photographs and new architectural surveys (ground plans, sections and reconstruction of the original façade). The main text is followed by a catalogue, construction chronology, bibliography and references, and an index. Due to the importance of this church, as the first Baroque structure in Croatia, and because of its “advanced style” with respect to similar buildings in the region (Austria, south Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia), the book has been translated into English.

Baroque; 17th century; 18th century; Jesuits; painting; arts and crafts; stucco; Zagreb; Ljubljana; Graz

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