THE 'CROATIAN WESTWORK' REVISITED

• Authors: Goss Vladimir P.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on a group of prominent sacral spaces of the early medieval Croatian state (e.g. in Crkvina in Biskupija, Zazvic or Cetina) displaying some characteristics of the contemporary Carolingian architecture, including one of the most innovative and impressive features of medieval architecture in general, the westwork. It argues for a broader perspective, including cultural anthropology and linguistics into consideration, i.e. that the tower-like structure - the westwork - has connections to superstructures of contemporary early Slavic houses, and that the westwork is 'anti-renovation', 'anti-Carolingian', thus opening new ways for the artistic development of original medieval forms.

Keywords

EN

CAROLINGIAN ARCHITECTURE; CHRISTIAN CHURCH; CROATIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY MEDIEVAL; TOWER; WESTWORK

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of History of Art, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ARS
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-23
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Goss Vladimir P.

• Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Goss, Odsjek za povijest umjetnosti, Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci, Sveuciliste u Rijeci, I. Klobucarica 1, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA099020