Conference paper

SECESSION AND MODERNITY

Ana Adamec ; Gliptoteka u Zagrebu

Abstract

Zagreb u as included in the artistic nio! e»ie>ifs of E«ropean
Secession by the creafiie uork of the»ie»ibers of
t he Society of Cr oatian Fig»ral Ar t ists, a>nong thein R.
Frangeš and R. Valdec acting as pro»ioters of ne>v ideas
in the domain of sc>i/pt»re. Gifted avith oc
uith a st rong feeling for contemporaneity and introducing
neu> expressive tools, rich i>i »ioćifs, fhe» actually i>itrodr the movement of Modernisni. R. Frangeš made sculptures
of vavying dimensions, ranging fro»i rea/is»i a>id i»ipressionisn>
thvough maximally purified surfaces. Sy>nbolic
topics u'ere used by R. Valdec, by» of mor e condensed fov>ns uit h ih e appearance of
stylizatio», from the origins through b/azi>ig li»earity, harmony
of fopics and stylistics. I. Me štrović extended the
sculptural dime»sions by ar t istic exper!t epochs,
co»slructing a sc»/pti the same fou»tain, he disco>ered a >>eu uay of >naki»g a
relievo u'ith a predo»ii»ance of lines and facets. Along with
the line, expression became a constant nnd a constit«ent of
both a reliei o and a separate sculpture. At ćhe e»d of t l ie
19th and beginning of fhe 20fh century, the >nodev» fov>»s
thus created u >ere of iit>nost importance for the fi Croatia..

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Hrčak ID:

153370

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/153370

Publication date:

15.12.1989.

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