Ars Adriatica, No. 9, 2019.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.15291/ars.2922
Anatomy of a Lost Monument – The Recomposed Façade of the Romanesque Cathedral of Zadar
Pavuša Vežić
; samostalni istraživač
Abstract
The article focuses on the façade of the Cathedral in Zadar, a Romanesque basilica built in the 12th and frontally extended in the 13th century, when the original façade was removed and numerous parts of its architectural sculpture were incorporated into the new wall. It was a sort of recomposition of the original portals, blind galleries, their garlands, columns, capitals, double arcades, the large rosette, and a number of details that offer an insight into the original appearance of the façade. By analyzing the wall sculpture and reading the stylistic and technical details in the elements embedded in the reassembled facade, the author has tried to distinguish the old parts of the wall from the new ones and to interpret the form and anatomy of the lost monument, to some extent preserved in the restored architectural composition of the new assembly, its contours and important details. Thus, the original form has remained preserved at least indirectly in the new façade of the Romanesque cathedral, an intervention that is also interesting as a kind of recomposition of the lost monument.
Keywords
cathedral; façade; portal; rosette; sculpture; gable; Zadar
Hrčak ID:
231280
URI
Publication date:
24.12.2019.
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