Naslov
Creating the Monarchy Style in the Time of Emperor Francis I – The Role of Urban Decorations and Public Monuments in Croatia and Central Europe

Autori
Botica, Dubravka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Art and the State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century) / Alviž, Josipa ; Damjanovic, Dragan ; Magaš Bilandžić, Lovorka ; Miklošević, Željka ; Nestić, Jasmina ; Počanić, Patricia ; Walton, Jeremy F. - Zagreb, 2021, 57-58

ISBN
978-953-175-914-4

Skup
International Conference Art and State in Modern Central Europe (18th – 21st Century)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 30.06.2021. - 03.07.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Zagreb, 1818, Francis I, classicism, ephemeral architecture, decorations, B. Felbinger

Sažetak
Artistic production during the reign of Emperor Francis I (II), (1804-1835), in terms of culture more widely defined as the Biedermeier period, was much less intense in comparison to the Baroque age or Historicism. The period in question was characterized by the stabilization and consolidation of the state after the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, which led to the establishment of a new balance of power in Europe. An important role in this process was played by the Emperor himself, whose extensive travels had a reuniting effect for the Monarchy. Artistic renderings of the ruler, or the new imperial iconography, played an important part in this process, and consisted of erecting public monuments and commemorating important events, as well as of installing temporary decorations in the cities the Emperor had visited during his long-term travels. These designs reinterpreted the motifs of classical antiquity, frequently used in Habsburg personal iconography from the 18th century, but also introduced some new elements. The paper will discuss several examples of decorations and public monuments created during the reign of Emperor Francis I, with special emphasis on the thesis of the style of the Monarchy during his rule. Monuments erected in Dalmatia on the occasion of his visit, as well as his observations on the country, have already been the subject of extensive research (Špikić 2012 ; Clewing 2018) in which the use of classical vocabulary was, understandably, connected to the artistic heritage of the Monarchy’s new province. However, these motifs appear on the Emperor’s monuments (Emperor’s monuments in Vienna, 1846), but also in temporary decorations installed as scenography for ceremonial events in the cities on the Emperor’s exhaustive itinerary. Special attention will be given to distinctly Neo- Classicist decorations designed by Bartol Felbinger on the occasion of the Emperor’s 1818 visit to Zagreb (i.e. Gradec and Kaptol) that would have a decisive impact on the development of architecture in Zagreb and in northern Croatia. Although present in Croatian scholarly literature (Jurman 1956), these temporary decorations have not been discussed in a broader context, especially in relation to later examples such as the 1838 decorations in Prague (Petrasova 2001). The similarities and shared features of all the above mentioned monuments and works of art indicate common conceptual sources, which support the thesis of the existence of a state style, or predetermined guidelines for depicting rulers that were applied in different instances throughout the Monarchy. It can thus be argued that during the reign of Emperor Francis I, a period far less researched than the Baroque imperial style or the period of Emperor Francis Joseph II, similar tools were employed in order to create an official, state style to be applied in public monuments.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arhitektura i urbanizam, Povijest umjetnosti

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