Naslov
Thomas Graham Jackson and the Island of Rab

Autori
Majer Jurišić, Krasanka ; Puhmajer, Petar

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Skup
Thomas Graham Jackson in Istria and Dalmatia

Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 23.11.2017. - 25.11.2017

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Ključne riječi
Thomas Graham Jackson, Island of Rab, Rab, grand tour, impressions, ruins, medieval town

Sažetak
On his journey along the Eastern Adriatic coast Thomas Graham Jackson visited the island of Rab, along with the other big islands of the ‘Kvarner Gulf’. His observations were presented in the third volume of his book Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado, published in 1887. After a brief insight into the island’s history, and a short journey from Senj, sailing across the channel of Jablanac, which he called Canale della Morlaca, Jackson offered a historical introduction to the town of Rab itself. He stipulated that Rab was not “quite a city of the dead, but only half alive”. Namely, half of the houses lay in ruins, and gardens occupied places where churches and palaces once stood. The town, nonetheless, was full of interesting fragments of architecture, like those of the former palaces of the Dominis and the Nimira noble families. Jackson mainly focused on the ancient churches, the cathedral and its bell tower, the church of St. John the Baptist, which was already ruinous at that time, and the churches of St. Andrea and St. Justina. Far more remarkable were, however, Jackson’s insights into the town’s urbanistic qualities. He defined Rab’s urban plan and architectural accents, and, in fact, was the first to dub Rab “the city of the campaniles”, observing that the elements of architecture and nature constitute a picturesque image of the town seen from the sea, where steep cliffs and the stone walls are surmounted by a row of graceful bell towers aligned along the peninsula and “rising in stately order”. Jackson’s personal vision of Rab was highly romantic and suggestive, inspired by the colours, scents and sounds of the town. Of all Dalmatian towns, Jackson wrote, there is none to his taste “so lovely as poor plague-stricken Arbe.”

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arhitektura i urbanizam, Povijest umjetnosti

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