Original scientific paper

Modruš, povijesni spomenik između predaje i diskontinuiteta

Marko Špikić ; Odsjek za povijest umjetnosti, Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu

Abstract

The paper brings a discussion on the reception of Modruš as a historical monument which in the age of the Croatian National Revival drew the intention of Croatian historical sciences. While classical monuments were recognized as relevant heritage already in renaissance, medieval monuments of continental Croatia drew researchers’ interests in the first half of the 19th century due to the growth of the national consciousness. They were succeeded or sometimes even preceded by works of foreigners or civil servants who published them in foreign languages. Thus the article mentions the researches by Anton Steinbüchel, Franz Julius Fras, Ladislav Ebnera, Mihael Kunits and Johann Gabriel Seidl. Subsequent period saw a development of the national research unit which was encouraged by Ivan Kukuljević, following the initiative by the bishops Maksimilijan Vrhovec, Juraj Šporer, Ivan Derkos as well as Ljudevit Gaj. However, in the 20th century it lost its strength due to specialization and altered political circumstances. The author presents two aspects of the research of Modruš as a monument which unites historical sciences: the establishment of the research interest for such monuments before Kukuljević’s age and the problem of discontinuity in acknowledging that sort of national heritage (especially in Croatian art history) after the dissolution of the Austro–Hungarian Monarchy, and the death of Gjuro Szabo. Discontinuity is regarded as a social phenomenon, as external (political) impact on the process of scientific specialisation during the 20th century, but also as a question of professional preferences of researchers. This conclusion is drawn due to a feeling that during the last century Croatian art history witnessed a development of two art–historical communities – one which specialised in Croatian coastal heritage and art history of the modern age, thus entering the university curriculum, and the other which, due to a weak support by both the public and profession, made minor improvement regarding the conditions which researchesmet under the Austrian government in the second half of the 19th century.

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Hrčak ID:

79735

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/79735

Publication date:

1.1.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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