Placing particular emphasis on the surviving architectural and sculptural monuments of Koper (Capodistria), Poreč (Parenzo), Svetivinčenat (Savicenti), Vodnjan (Dignano) and Osor (Ossero), Dr. Samo Štefanac thoroughly examined the most telling instances of the adoption of the early-Renaissance style “all’antica” on the Istrian peninsula in a synthetic article that appeared in the prestigious journal Saggi e Memorie di storia dell’arte published by the leading Venetian research institute Fondazione Giorgio Cini (cf. http://www.cini.it/index.php/it/publication/list/3).
COBISS.SI-ID: 38735970
Taking silver casts after engraved gemstones and ancient coins, which since 1497 adorn the reliquary Shrine of Saint Simeon in Zadar, as its point of departure this study by Dr. Stanko Kokole deals with the early history of collecting classical artifacts on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It focuses on two humanistically educated prelates: Maffeo Vallaresso (Archbishop of Zadar 1450-1495) and his brother, Giacomo Vallaresso (Bishop of Koper 1482-1503). This is the first article by a Slovenian author that has thus far appeared in the Studies in the History of Art (ISSN 0091-7338).
COBISS.SI-ID: 1430739
Placing particular emphasis on the tell-tale patterns of patronage, which were shared by the regional artistic centers of Venice, Gorizia, Ljubljana and Rijeka, Dr. Matej Klemenčič synthetically discusses several recent findings concerning the late-17th- and 18th-century sculptors and stonemasons supplying Istria and Quarnaro in a thorough article that appeared in the prestigious journal Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte published by the leading Venetian research institute Fondazione Giorgio Cini (cf. http://www.cini.it/index.php/it/publication/list/3).
COBISS.SI-ID: 38735714
For the first time since its foundation, in 2008 Europäische Totentanz-Vereinigung invited a Slovenian scholar to present his findings regarding the 15th-century murals of the Dance of Death in Istria. In his paper »Der Totentanz des Meisters Vincenz von Kastav in Beram« at the international symposium hosted by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Dr. Tomislav Vignjević discussed the merging of northern iconographic patterns and distinctive Italian models, which resulted in original local variants (cf. (http://www.totentanz-online.de/tagungen/tagung-florenz.php).
COBISS.SI-ID: 1587411
In her scholarly article Dr. Alenka Vodnik re-examined tentative earlier attributions to the purported Friulan “sculptor” Leonardo Thanner. She pointed out that his only signed work is a painted predella disclosing evident stylistic affinities with a self-contained group of mural paintings in Slovenia, which is best exemplified by the frescoed presbytery at Podnanos. The latter was decorated by two mural painters, one of whom is clearly identical with the author of the “Thanner-predella”, while the other apparently belonged to the entourage of Antonio da Firenze.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35072866