Preliminary communication

https://doi.org/10.17685/Peristil.62.5

Historical Painting in the Oeuvre of Bela Čikoš Sesija: from Arrival of the Croats to The Last Bogomils

Ivan Kokeza ; independent researcher

Abstract

The paper discusses historical painting of national subject matter in the
oeuvre of Bela Čikoš Sesija. On the basis of known and some less known
works (such as the so-called Arrival of the Croats or the Hunting Scene,
Nikola Šubić Zrinski, Trenck’s Pandours, Baptism of the Croats and The
Last Bogomils), the author emphasises general features of Čikoš’s approach to historical themes and motifs, with interpretations based on
previous scholarly and professional research and considered within a specific biographical, cultural, national and political context. Finally, Čikoš’s
historical scenes are analysed in the light of gradual negation of classical academic image and of strengthening of symbolic tendencies in art.

Keywords

historical painting; Bela Čikoš Sesija; Nikola Šubić Zrinski; Trenck’s pandours; Bogomils; Symbolism

Hrčak ID:

239557

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/239557

Publication date:

1.6.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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