Conference paper

VISUAL ARTS IN BITOLA, 1880-1918

Ljiljana Hristova

Abstract

In the second half of the 19th centurv, Bitola ivas a
significa»t econo>nic, cultural, mili tary-strategic and political
center in Balkan, ui t h an autochthonous character in
terms of hi story, architecture, visual avts and esthetics.
Fro>n the architectural point of vicu >, buildings of the so-ca/
led Balkan fo/k architecture and of the so-cal!e Solun type
architecture nare present. Inf luences of the West European
eclecticism and of o t her neo-styles penetrated indivectly,
i>ia Solun.
u"ere also taken over in painting. Rea/is>n ii'as adopted as a
n>ethod to elim>»ate the religious iconographic feature fro>n
After Balkan Wars (1913), the significance of Bitola
declined >'apidly, and af ter 1918 it has almost co>np/ete/y
/ost its previously outstanding cultural and social place.

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Hrčak ID:

153340

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/153340

Publication date:

15.12.1989.

Article data in other languages: macedonian

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