Original scientific paper
Old Croatian churches of the six-leaf type in the Split area – a natural principle of economy or thrift
Zvonko Pađan
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Abstract
Observing a number of fundamental chapters
dealing with the scientific analysis of architectural
theory and art history, it is possible to note several,
albeit different, closely related topics. Among
them, the most prominent is the problem of the
architectural form, which arises as a consequence
of the influence of the organization of space, physically
defined by the construction structure of the
work, while on the visual and aesthetic plane, there
is a scale of elements and principles of arranging each
architectural construction and architectural composition.
Since the themes of architectural forms, that
is, the definition of the architectural corpus, are almost
inexhaustible, given the broad possibilities of
being attached to each of them, this paper presents
a narrow analysis that looked at the influence of natural laws on architecture work, in the segment of the
principles of cost-effectiveness or tendency towards
frugality in the works of early Croatian architecture
in the Split area. On the basis of the experimental
geometric-mathematical analysis, which was for the
first time publicly presented in our country, we tried
to determine, as precisely as possible, the true value
of a cost-effective way of doing things in defining the
layout of the planes of churches of the central hexagonal
planar type, observing its interpretation in the
likeness of their habitus and the compactness of the
internal structural core. By working on selected examples,
we tried to get as reliable a picture as possible
of the effect and role of natural laws in the creation of
these indigenous old Croatian „small cathedrals“ in
the Split area.
Keywords
hexagonal-type churches; old Croatian sacral architecture; principle of cost-effectiveness or thrift; Split area
Hrčak ID:
345033
URI
Publication date:
23.11.2022.
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