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Wooden Gothic Sculpture in Istria (Croatia) - an art production between Two Different Social and Cultural Spheres

Wooden gothic sculpture in Istria is one of the most interesting groups of medieval art in Croatia due to the quantity and quality of the preserved examples. Even though, because of the delicacay of the material, many examples have been destroyed or stolen one can still find in Istria many sacral places where medieval sculptures are venerated. Dealing with the art history in Istria of the middle ages it must be taken into account that during the mentioned period that part of Croatia was between two different social and cultural spheres, Venice on the one hand and Habsburg dynasty on the other. Therefore, defining the interaction between the two different cultures and transmission of ideas will help in the research and in solving the art history problems of wooden gothic sculpture in Istria.

wooden sculpture; Istria

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