Projects / Programmes
Painting and sculpture around 1400 to the north and south of the Alps: between tradition and innovation
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.09.00 |
Humanities |
Art history |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H310 |
Humanities |
Art history |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 6.04 |
Humanities |
Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music) |
Painting, sculpture, 14th century, 15th century, Slovenia, Central Europe, Northern Italy, Dalmatia, Adriatic
Researchers (6)
Organisations (3)
Abstract
The project will encompass the research of painting and sculpture to the north and south of the Alps, including the Slovenian lands and the neighboring Panonnian regions, in the late 14th and early 15th century, in the light of problems and issues of artistic creativity of this period and in this cultural region, as well as in the context of the present-day art history findings. The red thread will be the “international” or “soft” style in its morphological, formal and social aspects. These include patronage, the relationship between the centers and the periphery, the issue of the transmission of models (via workshops, individual masters and model books) and their reception in other surroundings, as well as research of the influence of the regional determinants and their tradition. As far as painting is concerned, the research will in connection with the artistic patrimony focus on mural painting on two levels: the tradition of the Italian Trecento in Slovenia, the “traveling” workshops on the one hand and the local workshops on the other; and their reception of recent stylistic phenomena within the International Gothic Style or “soft style” of Central European origin. The same aspect of the relationship between the west and north will be taken into account in the research of mural painting during that period in Western Panonnia including Slovenian lands (Prekmurje, eastern Styria), but with regard to historical circumstances the main emphasis will be on patronage and the influence of the centers, mostly Prague and Vienna. The first basic methodological question in sculpture will be the typology of the so called “Schöne” or Beautiful Madonna, which despite considerable literature still features certain as yet unexplained aspects of the tradition of the classical French type on the one hand, and the Bohemian or Prussian/Silesian innovations on the other. This research is necessary because it will provide the foundations for further studies on the subject. Two main topics are envisaged: the Ptujska Gora sculptural workshop, the question of its formal and stylistic formation and its further influence in the region of the Eastern Alps; and the research of northern Italian sculpture between Milan and Venice in the light of local Italian tradition on the one hand and the reception of the trans-Alpine (Central European) “soft style” on the other. The part of the project dedicated to sculpture will end with the study of the reception and typological tradition of Beautiful Madonna in the 15th century to the north of the Alps. The purpose of this research is to establish the extent of the presence of the elements of various types of Beautiful Madonna in the subsequent sculptural production in the later decades of the 15th century and to identify their origin.
Significance for science
The project contributed to the development of art history as a scientific discipline mostly in the following areas: visual and functional analysis of individual art works, patronage studies, media studies, cultural and art geography, art topography.
Significance for the country
The Slovenian art heritage of the studied period eas placed in a broader regional and supra-regional framework, which contributes to its promotion at the European level, and thereby to the promotion of the country and also to the strengthening of national awareness.
Most important scientific results
Annual report
2010,
2011,
2012,
final report,
complete report on dLib.si
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Annual report
2010,
2011,
2012,
final report,
complete report on dLib.si
