Original scientific paper

Baroque art and culture : baroque historical framework

Andre Mohorovičić

Abstract

A joint approach to a scientific analysis of Baroque cultural and artistic achievements, that the City of Varaždin is so rich with, suitably states a comprised mentioning of the Baroque as a creative and stylistic phenomenon, manifested throughout the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe, along with the feudal cycle of the state and political development.
However, this was the period of severe struggling for the survival of Croatia. Only its narrow north-western part remained unconquered (the reliquiae reliquiarum regni), and in that area Varaždin was developing as a significant military, economic administrative and cultural centre. During the period of prosperity the old city core was fortified throughout the 17th and 18th centuries and was transformed through urban construction of Baroque sacral and public facilities, palaces and manors and city houses. During this period, extraordinary beautiful Baroque urban interiors were surrounded by harmonious Baroque structures with sophisticated, rich profiles and ornaments.

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Hrčak ID:

8696

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/8696

Publication date:

9.10.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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