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Zagreb in Scissors; Critiques - Polemics - Commentaries; Snješka Knežević
Nenad Fabijanić
Abstract
The fifth recently published book by art historian dr.sc. Snješka Knežević contains a collection of her critiques, public polemics and commentaries on cultural life that were previously published in magazines, newspapers and on web sites mainly between 2014 and 2016. The book contains 32 thematically related texts classified in nine groups. The author focuses on the urban and cultural life of Zagreb, the use of public space, preservation and devastation of cultural heritage, attitudes towards city parks, contemporary monument presentation and architectural issues such as interpolations in Zagreb. Although Zagreb is her main topic of interest, the book also contains several texts dedicated to a similar range of culture-related problems in other cities (Dubrovnik and Bjelovar). The book is lavishly illustrated with interesting graphic design in which the photographs are used as a tool for a critical look at some spatial situations rather than just a book decoration.
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201921
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Publication date:
30.6.2018.
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