Projects / Programmes
ARCHIVAL SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF URBANISM AND ARCHITECTURE IN SLOVENIA (16th to 19th CENTURY)
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.09.00 |
Humanities |
Art history |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H310 |
Humanities |
Art history |
Architecture, History of Architecture, Urbanism, Archival Material, Immovable Cultural Heritage, Fixed Monuments, Sacral Monuments, Profane Monuments, History of Markets, History of Towns, 16th Century Architecture, 17th Century Architecture, 18th Century Architecture, 19th Century Architecture
Researchers (5)
Organisations (2)
Abstract
The architectural history of individual church and secular buildings that are regarded important cultural monuments (including those of national significance) and the history of urbanism in towns and markets in Slovenia have been insufficiently explored. This fact is particularly evident when a certain building is to be presented to the expert or general public or studied for conservation or reconstruction purposes. All available archival sources about a relevant building must be explored, as well as fieldwork and sounding carried out. But in Slovene historiography and art history, this approach to monuments has been mostly neglected.
The proposed research project will entail the surveying, cataloguing and analysing of archival documents connected with the architectural history of numerous aristocratic residences, church buildings and urban development of towns and markets in the territory of the present-day Republic of Slovenia, dating from the period between the 16th and the end of the 19th century. The presentation will feature documents facilitating a comprehensive insight into the architectural history of relevant buildings and special attention will be paid to archival sources describing the lives and lifestyles of their owners.
During fieldwork several surveys will be carried out (covering architectural history, an art historical description, definition of architectural styles, the description of the present-day and former function of the building, influence of the owner or donator on the type and style of the building, and a list of architects and other associates) on as many buildings as possible, particularly important cultural monuments and those that will be rebuilt in the near future. This is the only way of ensuring quality renovation of certain monuments and it will facilitate the definition of a new function of the building if necessary.
Research results will be regularly published in scientific magazines and monographs, and presented at symposiums and exhibitions (in association with archive institutions). Special attention will be paid to the posting of commentaries about archival sources and studies on a special internet portal.
Significance for science
Within the research project, the architectural development of certain church buildings and aristocratic residences will be reconstructed, interpreted and analysed, as well as the development of urban settlements from the 16th to the 19th century in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. Scientific findings will be published in expert treatises, articles and reference publications and will represent a framework for future monographs about the architectural and urban development of certain church and aristocratic buildings and urban settlements. It must be pointed out that the research will focus on a historical segment that has not been fully and appropriately explored so far. The proposed project will at least partially fill this gap. Tapping into the very core of the problem, the implementation of the project will contribute new findings about the types, level of preservation and storage of archival material. It will also contribute to the understanding of the architectural and urbanistic development in the period in question in the territory of the present-day Republic of Slovenia. The internet portal with a database about archival sources and their location (some of the sources will be presented in digital form or in transcript) and data about the architectural history of individual monuments will represent an important point of departure for all other researchers dealing with the same or similar topics, as well as students who will no longer have to waste their time for futile search in archives. It will facilitate faster and more successful future research, because every potential researcher will have access to the website and will know in advance what and where to search.
Better knowledge of the architectural history of a cultural monument is of great significance for the assessment of monuments, because many of them are incorrectly described because of insufficient knowledge of historical facts. The results of the project will facilitate different approaches to architectural monuments and based on new findings new cultural monuments will be gained.
As the names of many architects and their associates will be revealed in the process, new dating and attribution of buildings will greatly contribute to the knowledge about architecture after the Middle Ages, which will significantly influence further scientific development.
Significance for the country
By preserving Slovene national identity, the results of the proposed research project will contribute to the recognisability of Slovene historiography and art history and consequently of the Slovene state on the European and broader level. The project will be of assistance to other, also foreign researchers of architectural and urban history of the period from the 16th to the 19th century, who will be better informed about relevant issues in the territory of the present-day Republic of Slovenia.
Most important scientific results
Annual report
2008,
2009,
final report,
complete report on dLib.si
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Annual report
2008,
2009,
final report,
complete report on dLib.si
