Original scientific article, rated with A'', reveals the previously unnoticeable complex background of the origin of the painting at St. Primus above Kamnik from the beginning of the 16th century. With the help of an extensive and thorough analysis, the authoress was able to discover that the painting was commissioned by the Marian Confraternity in Kamnik. As the authoress revealed through an in-depth analysis of comparative material, the confraternity closely modelled the design of individual iconographic details on artworks commissioned by the renowned Rosary Brotherhood in Cologne or in close connection to it. That link is further supported by the Slovenians' famous pilgrimages to that city, which can be traced from the 14th centruy onwards. The route to the Rhineland led them through Nuremberg, the town of Albrecht Dürer, whose influence can be recognized in stylistic characteristics of the frescoes. Furthermore, the collaboration of Dürer with confraternities of the Rosary indicates the close interconnectedness of Rosary brotherhoods across Central Europe.
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The paper, rated with A'', analyses nine painters attested in Višnja Gora from 1644 to 1790. With the exception of two, all of the others were related, even though in only two cases were there two generations; a father and son in the Faenzi family in the 17th century, and a father and two sons in the Nirenberger family in the 18th century. Other family ties were created by marriage and two weddings to the painters’ widows. The painters working in Višnja Gora were not high-quality artists of their time, not even within Carniolan regional standards. The works of four of them are not preserved or have not been identified. The work of the oldest among them, Francesco Faenzi, is known only through written sources, while two gilded altars by Johann Jakob Menhard are preserved, and several works are also known by Anton Nirenberger who worked in Upper Carniola. All these painters were surpassed in quantity and quality by Franz Anton Nirenberger, whose paintings and the gildings of altars can be found in a wide geographical area of Carniola. He can be considered one of the better painters whose paintings followed the artistic development of the late Baroque. The paper also analyses the painters’ financial situation and their integration in their social environment.
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As a result of the project, two extensive chapters were published in this monograph, which are titled Širše sorodstvene, prijateljske in interesne mreže [Wider networks of kinship, friendship and interests] (pp. 35–51) and Sposobnosti, izobrazba, izkušnje [Capabilities, education, experiences] (pp. 51-70). Both chapters are the result of a research focused on the study of those factors in the »secular clergy« in Slovenia in the Early Modern Times (and partly in the Late Middle Ages), which were also expressed through artworks, especially in the context of patronage and other circumstances of their origin. The connections between priests as well as between priests and laymen, based on kinship, friendships or joint interests are in the foreground of the chapter »Širše sorodstvene, prijateljske in interesne mreže«. Information about priests, which were either the commissioners or intellectual or financial supporters of an artwork, or were connected to commissioners or patrons of art through family, friendships or interests, are added. On the one hand, the chapter »Sposobnosti, izobrazba, izkušnje« emphasises personal capabilities and qualities of priests, and on the other, their (formal) education, which they obtained after years of schooling in domestic and foreign educational establishments. Besides acquaintanceships, which the priests made at the time of schooling, the research showed that the level of obtained knowledge was also important, not only education in a narrow sense, but also in terms of being educated in various areas, including art. In numerous examples, these findings present a step forward in discovering the influences on the origin of artworks. The research results of both chapters are the product of archival research work, thus, collecting and critically evaluating sources that are preserved in archives at home and abroad.
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