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The Cultural Landscape of the Northern Adriatic - Filling in the Lacunae

Art-historical research focuses geographically and thematically on the urbanistic, architectural and architectural -decorative heritage of the Northern Adriatic, more precisely, the Kvarner islands, Istria, Rijeka, Vinodol and Senj. Selective, generally less known or unknown examples of the artistic heritage of the region are found within the broader picture, which is characterised by diverse influences, both Adriatic (Venice, Zadar and other Dalmatian cultural centres) and continental. Examples are also being interpreted within the key of regional cultural centres of certain periods, such as the town of Rab, Rijeka, Senj, Trieste, Pazin County and the centres of Venetian Istria. The chronological focus is put on the late Middle Ages, the early New Age, and in some elements also on the early 19th century, which is important due to the abundance of archival database on the former appearance of the Northern Adriatic, such as the Cadastre of Francis I. Thematically, art-historical research is based on urbanism, architecture, decorative architectural plastics and the protection of cultural goods, but also covers the history of the protection of cultural goods. Within the traditional art- historical approach to research and the disclosure of its results, attention is also paid to the history of the recognition of research subjects within the system of cultural heritage protection and of the various conservation services which operated in this area. The chapters of the work that will be published will be routinely devoted to the proposals of conservation valorisation, from the recognition of the cultural asset to its overall valuation. The aim is not, and cannot be, the creation of a comprehensive corpus, but the filling in of lacunae in the image of the cultural landscape of the Northern Adriatic and turning attention to examples of degraded, less known or totally unknown values as the beginning of the path of their transformation into an officially recognised and protected cultural heritage.

Cultural Landscape ; Cultural Heritage ; Northern Adriatic

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