Preliminary communication
Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Sveti Ivan Zelina: History and Construction in the Context of Style Pluralism in the First Half of the 19th Century
Petar Puhmajer
; Croatian Conservation Institute, Zagreb
Abstract
The paper discusses the construction history of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the town of Sveti Ivan Zelina. The church was initially erected in the medieval times, from which period dates its bell-tower. In the early modern period, the church has undergone multiple renovations, especially in the 18th century when it got a baroque outlook. Between 1828 and 1839, the church was demolished, and a new structure was erected on its place, with the exception of the bell-tower, which was preserved but upgraded to its current height. The project resulted in a completely new, mixed style design, composed of the late baroque, neo-classicist and neo-gothic elements. The interior, surmounted with sail vaults and the so-called vaulted arches in the nave, is a typical late-baroque space. The inlaid window axes on the sacristy façade represent a neo-classical feature, while the bell-tower and its side annexes were articulated with blind pointed arches, this being one of the earliest occurrences of the Gothic Revival style in the history of Croatian architecture. The design of the church is analyzed in the context of similar churches built in the north-western Croatia and, generally, in view of the stylistic tendencies in the first half of the 19th century.
Keywords
architecture; 18th century; 19th century; neo-classicism; gothic revival; pointed arch style; construction history; Sveti Ivan Zelina; parish church of St. John the Baptist
Hrčak ID:
157228
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2016.
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