Conference paper

ZAGREB CATHEDRAL AND THE 19tlr CENTURY

Željka Čorak ; Institut za povijest umjetnosti

Abstract

l»he» intcrpreti»g the 19th ce»tr!ry i » Cr oatia, Zagreb
Cathedral certainly occupies the leading place among
the monuments to be consideređ, showing relationships
betu'een history and h i storism, i l lust rating abundant r>cgefatio>
r of European historis»r but at the same time confir>
n>>fg the personality of Herman Bo//e, a u o r ld-knou n
architect. Starti»g fro»r the general points of his t ime and
respecti>!g particularities of hi s ou»r work, he succeedeđ
in achie>i»g high indi!'id»al creations. The Cathedral reveals
structural >»odevnism of th e age forma/ly evoking
cxpressive for>»s of the past epochs. It shous interrelations
betu cen n ce>!fraI monument and the context of the
town ha! ing restored and re-built it . I n t h e 19th centun>,
Zagreb Cathedral u'as >rol »!e>ely a»!onu»rent sy»lbo/rz!»g
rr»i>ed Zagreb, but also a monument r>niting Zagreb anđ,
tl>e more so, confi>ning the toun had real/y reached European
val!res i» fhe 19fh ce»tr!ry tou»-p/arming.

Keywords

Hrčak ID:

153335

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/153335

Publication date:

15.12.1989.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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