Professional paper
Measuring the time needed for constructing Pre-Romanesque stone church furniture
Ivo Donelli
; Umjetnička akademija Odsjek za konzervaciju - restauraciju, Split, Hrvatska
Miona Miliša
orcid.org/0000-0002-5942-0208
; Umjetnička akademija Odsjek za konzervaciju - restauraciju, Split, Hrvatska
Vedran Kundić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7830-2995
; Arheološki muzej Narona,Vid, Hrvatska
Abstract
Centuries after the creation of Pre-Romanesque stone sculptures, we’ve tried to revive the process that is necessary for creating this pluteus from Dubrovnik, which was initially a part of the representative whole of the liturgical furniture from the church of St. Peter the Great in Dubrovnik. There are very few written sources from this period which would inform us about the conditions, knowledge, skill, education and tools
from which each sculpture had been produced. Studying Pre-Romanesque heritage, researchers, scientists, experts and theorists are often directed only to the silent stone fragment of a monument. Each fragment
has characteristics of a whole and the time period in which it was created, as well as the sacral structure to which it belonged. The reason for creating a stone replica of a Pre-Romanesque pluteus, thereby using the
traditional technique and original tools for stone modelling arose due to the possibility of calculating the amount of time necessary for the creation of this and other similar interlace reliefs. During the actual stone
carving process, getting closer to the original craftsman – the carver, the beliefs and liturgical rules of the historical Pre-Romanesque age is inevitable. Following the stone carving process during the making of the
Pre-Romanesque relief, we are witnesses to the creation of a new perception of the stone sculpture from the mentioned time period. Adding this perception to the archaeological knowledge and viewpoints that we’ve
had in regard to art history to date, we are one step closer to understanding the actual time period in which the Pre-Romanesque interlace sculpture was created. With the creation of the pluteus replica, we attempted to discover the functioning of its own language, to recognize the system of signs so that we may get even closer to the mindset and process which was used
by the Pre-Romanesque craftsman. As a conclusion to the creation of the replica, we got an approximate time frame which the early mediaeval craftsman needed to create the central field of the Pre-Romanesque pluteus. Using this information, it is easy to calculate the ideal time necessary for one stone workshop to furnish a Pre-Romanesque church with adequate liturgical furniture.
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Publication date:
23.6.2014.
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