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The paper outlines an analysis of compliance of historical panorama representation using spatial transformation. Although this method deals usually with maps, the reliability of this unconventional experiment may be supported by theoretical principles of cartography and descriptive geometry. The fresco has been spatially transformed using a geo-referencing tool, e.g. it was given spatial positions...
On the occasion of marriage of Francis I Medici and Joanna of Austria in 1565, a mural painting representing Bratislava as one of the capitals of the Habsburg agglomeration was executed in the courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Compared to the original woodcut completed by the Monogramist “HM” (Hans Mayr?), the fresco shows many differences. The outlined questions and similarities clearly...
The appearance of the Fisherman’s Gate can be seen in the 1563 historical veduta of the town by Hans Mayer and the unique mural painting POSSONIA at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The archaeological survey in 2001 revealed surprisingly well preserved remnants of the Gothic fore-gate of Fisherman’s Gate. Uncovered murals represent the most valuable part of the fore-gate, which is a unique example...
Bratislava became a site of high international politics in the latter half of the 15th and in the early 16th century, a period of permanent rivalry between the two most significant dynasties in the region of Central Europe: the Habsburgs and the Jagiellonians. The paper outlines a political background of major international events, diplomatic talks and their results. It also describes their cultural...
One of the oldest images of Bratislava can be found in the first courtyard of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence (Cortile di Michelozzo). The mural painting titled “Possonia” (today’s Bratislava) was part of the cycle representing the views of 17 cities of Habsburg monarchy, commissioned in 1565 by Cosimo de’Medici for the wedding between his son Francesco and Giovanna d’Austria, daughter of Ferdinand...
The view of Bratislava, identified by the inscription Possonia in the upper part and Posonium Hungariae civita in the lower part, was, like all the other vedute, overlaid with an oval decorative element placed in the centre of the lunette. During the 1812 intervention designed by the architect Giuseppe del Rosso, the entire Vasari´s decoration including the view of Bratislava was changed considerably...
Looking back at the recognition of cubisation in three decades of Slovak fine art, different levels of the resonance emerge: direct link to Paris as a place, where cubism was born, promotion of cubisation in the artistic environment in Budapest and Prague, and again the link to Paris, this time as a place of Picasso’s followers applying cubisation in their works. The present study focuses on resonances...
The noble Ostrolúcky family owned a large collection of engravings until the end of the World War II. Part of it is nowadays in the Museum of Forestry and Wood Technology in Zvolen. Most of the engravings are portraits and vedute, the least are genres, on which focuses this study. They are presented and interpreted for the first time, together with brief biographies of the authors, cultural and artistic...
Among the eschatological subjects in the Middle Ages were The Weighing of Souls, which represents belief in a fair judgment, immortality of soul, eternal life, and the possibility to influence the life after death with good deeds. In medieval pictures, this idea is represented by a figure of St. Michael Archangel, who evaluates the deeds of the deceased using a steelyard balance. The paper brings...
The research of medieval sacral buildings has been confronted with the question, why there are remains of high-quality mural paintings, consecration crosses, altars and tabernacles in the sacristies of some churches, or why some sacristies are characterised by unusual construction forms. These cases don´t seem to correspond to our current perception of sacristies. Yet, they indicate that medieval...
Archaeological discoveries confirmed the existence of economic and cultural contacts between Bratislava and the regions of Apennine Peninsula. Bratislava was situated at the crossroad of big international trade routes. It was an economic centre of the region; after the Battle of Mohacs the political importance of the town increased too. The findings of this paper have been considerably influenced...
The main objective of the presented study is an iconographic analysis of votive triptych in All Saints Church in Ludrová - Kút in Liptov region. In the introductory part, the author deals with the historiography of murals in Ludrová and also provides a brief history. The triptych on the north nave of the church was discovered by conservator Mikuláš Štalmach in 1960. A detailed iconographic analysis...
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