Naslov
The Layers of Propaganda in Glagolitic Books printed by Bishop Šimun Kožičić Benja in Rijeka

Autori
Ferenčak, Ivan

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

Izvornik
The Power of Media: Patronage, Representation and Propaganda in the Early Modern Period (1450- 1800) between the Mediterranean and Central Europe / Batelja, Petra - Zagreb : Institut za povijest umjetnosti, 2018, 19-20

ISBN
9789537875541

Skup
International Conference The Power of Media: Patronage, Representation and Propaganda in the Early Modern Period (1450-1800) between the Mediterranean and Central Europe

Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 13.06.2018. - 15.06.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
Glagolitic books, Glagolitic printing office in Rijeka, Bishop Šimun Kožičić Benja, Missale (Misal hruacki), Woodcuts, Transmission of models, Propaganda

Sažetak
Observed as a whole group, the woodcuts in six Glagolitic books printed by Bishop Šimun Kožičić Benja in Rijeka (1530–1531) seem to be chosen as elements of a carefully planned visual program that sends a clear message of representation and propaganda. Most of these books are embellished with elaborate Renaissance-style visual program, which was accomplished through plates for woodcuts (either scenes or historiated initials) imported from Venice. The use of Venetian models is accordant to transmission of Italian/Latin book culture already observed in textual templates for some of these books. The comparison of woodcuts in his most comprehensive edition, Missale (Misal hruacki), with several Venetian editions of this liturgical book shows that he emulated complete up-to-date visual program and introduced it into Glagolitic printing. Along with appropriating complete program, Bishop Kožičić Benja included images of two saints and several Glagolitic initials and used his family coat of arms as his printer’s sign. On the one hand, in doing so, he represented himself as an intellectual familiar with contemporary book and art production in Venice, as well as emphasized his own role in the dissemination of national script, language, and literacy in general. On the other hand, he underlined his own role as protector and promotor of Glagolitic heritage with intention to preserve the memory of Glagolitic tradition within the Roman Catholic Church. The proposed lecture will focus on multiple literal and symbolical layers that Bishop Kožičić Benja intentionally incorporated in the visual program of his books, making them the ideal model for discussing relations between patronage, propaganda, representation, and memory. Besides that, the relationships between center and periphery will be one of the objectives, especially regarding the fact that woodcuts used in Rijeka can be recognized in books printed in Venice, the main printing center of that time, both before and after the years of 1530–31.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest umjetnosti

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