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Prilog poznavanja ciklusa slika posvećenoga sv. Šimi iz crkve sv. Šime u Zadru

Author analyzes iconography of late baroque series of pictures devoted to St Simeon from the church of St Simeon in Zadar. All these pictures were painted for Vicko Zmajević the archbishops of Zadar. Iconographic analysys begins with recognition of all the motifs from the history about Zadar that can related to the cult of St Simeon and depicted on the certain pictures. The purpose of this step is identification of the contemporaneus historical, theological, and political narratives included in the depiction of St Simeon. Thanks to this series of pictures, ordered and designed by Vicko Zmajević, all the coming belivers could easily "in vivo" imagine all the important events from the saint's live, as well as to associate them with well known stories about history of relation between Zadar and the St Simeon's relics. Namely, archbishop Zmajević was quite aware of local tradition and history "communicatives" powers regarding the relics and church of St Simeon in the Diocese of Zadar, and its importance for the capital of the Venetian Dalmatia. Pictures portray a realistic image of the St Simeon church's apse, together with his chest, which are simbolically incorporated with the St Simeon's cultural and historical significance within local historiography. In this respect, this series of pictures is undoubtedly important to understand political and religious accordance regarding the saint's relics in Zadar during the time of Vicko Zmajević. Exactly this point proves cultural importance of this series of pictures.

Giovanni Battista Augusti Pitteri ; Vicko Zmajević ; crkva sv. Šime u Zadru ; škrinja sv. Šime u Zadru

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