Naslov
National Heroes, Artists and the Habsburgs – the State, the Opposition and Public Monuments in Croatian Cities in the Second Half of the 19th and the Early 20th Centuries

Autori
Damjanović, Dragan

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

Skup
(Past) Visions of the Future and the Materialization of Memory in Public Space

Mjesto i datum
Nova Gorica, Slovenija, 08.11.2018. - 10.11.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Javni spomenici, javna skulptura, umjetnost 19. stoljeća, urbani prostor, Zagreb, Osijek, Anton Dominik Fernkorn, Ivan Rendić, Robert Frangeš Mihanović, Rudolf Valdec
(Public Monuments, Public Sculpture, 19th Century Art, Urban Space, Zagreb, Osijek, Anton Dominik Fernkorn, Ivan Rendić, Robert Frangeš Mihanović, Rudolf Valdec)

Sažetak
The spread of national ideologies in the 19th century in Croatia led to extensive commemoration of significant historical figures and events through public sculpture. Public sculptures were predominantly used to honour important personalities of the Croatian national culture and politics. They were followed in number by sculptures of national heroes and few monuments were also erected to honour members of the Habsburg dynasty. The biggest cities of Croatia, namely Zagreb and Osijek, which will be the focus of this presentation, show that the construction of memorials to cultural and political figures occurred in new urban spaces that were created during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Conversely, the public sculptures built in older parts of these cities conveyed sacral or allegorical, non-political and non-national meanings and served almost exclusively to aestheticize or to sacralise urban spaces. In Zagreb, this happened primarily due to political circumstances. From the 1868 Croatian-Hungarian Settlement to the outbreak of the First World War, Croatian political parties in power were close to Hungarian authorities. Their political conformism caused the Upper Town in Zagreb (the seat of all main Croatian autonomous political institutions), to remain free from monuments dedicated to Croatian national heroes and artists. Instead, these were placed at important sites in the newly built Lower Town. Unlike Zagreb, in new urban parts of Osijek public sculptures were erected to celebrate local heroes or figures from the history of world literature rather than nationally significant notables. National (Croatian) heroes did not get their monuments in the city because their presence would have caused resistance from ethno-confessional groups living in this extremely nationally and religiously diverse area.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arhitektura i urbanizam, Povijest, Povijest umjetnosti

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