The art-historical analysis of public monuments and their reception, as well as the media propaganda for retaining statues of the communist leaders in situ, demonstrate how successful Tito’s project of Yugoslavia, with its repressive and propagandistic methods, actually was. The cult of a living personality was reserved for Tito, whereas monuments dedicated to the memory of others were erected posthumously. Among the Slovenian politicians of the post-war Yugoslav period, Edvard Kardelj (1910–1979) and Boris Kidrič (1912–1953) were those most often used in visual and monumental propaganda. In literature, the Kidrič statue on Prešeren Street in Ljubljana was mostly defined as one of the National Liberation War Memorials, although it represents a portrait of a post-war politician. Four years after Kidrič’s death, four sculptors were invited to participate in a closed competition to create his statue. The winner of the competition, Zdenko Kalin, made a plaster model of Kidrič’s head on a spiral base but for the final version of the sculpture he had to closely follow a photograph. In contrast with other East European states, the visual appearance of Slovenian public space and its monuments has not changed since 1991. Just as with the erection of monuments in a public space to promote the cult of a certain politician, their removal is also a part of historical reality. While in the past the decision to remove a monument was based mostly on political, propaganda and ideological motifs, today these should be replaced by ethical judgements. Other papers on public monuments: LAVRIČ, Ana. "Javni" spomenik škofu Antonu Martinu Slomšku v azilu mariborske stolnice. Acta historiae artis Slovenica, 1, 18, str. 25-64, 128 [COBISS.SI-ID 36477741] VIDMAR, Polona. Lokalpatriotismus und Lokalpolitik : die Denkmäler Wilhelms von Tegetthoff, Kaiser Josefs II. sowie Erzherzog Johanns in Maribor und die Familie Reiser. Acta historiae artis Slovenica, 1, 18, str. 65-87, 129-130 [COBISS.SI-ID 36477997] KOMIĆ MARN, Renata. Men on horseback : role and reception of the equestrian monument in Slovenia = Možje na konjih : vloga in recepcija konjeniškega spomenika na Slovenskem. Acta historiae artis Slovenica, 2, 18, str. 75-94, 95-114, 185-186 [COBISS.SI-ID 36480557] MOHAR, Katarina. "Freedom is a monument" : the Victory Monument in Murska Sobota - its erection, destiny and context = "Svoboda je spomenik" : Spomenik zmage v Murski Soboti - nastanek, usoda, kontekst. Acta historiae artis Slovenica, 2, 18, str. 115-130, 131-145, 186 [COBISS.SI-ID 36481069] PRELOVŠEK, Damjan. Monuments by the architect Jože Plečnik = Plečnikovi spomeniki. Acta historiae artis Slovenica, ISSN 1408-0419, 2013, [št.] 2, 18, str. 11-26, 27-41, 187-188, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 36479277]
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The article discusses the confraternities recorded in the protocols of the Ljubljana Diocese of the 17th and 18th centuries. Confraternities are most commonly mentioned in these protocols with regard to their foundation and their confirmation, or with regard to the permissions needed by confraternities to perform pious acts or organize festivities and processions, to build altars and chapels – which is of particular interest for art historians – and similar occasions (mass foundations and legacies, synodal and visitation record transcripts, transcripts of bishops’ reports to Rome, related ecclesiastical and state decrees, licences to sell religious items etc.). Although the protocols mention over seventy confraternities, there are still some that were founded or were active within the Diocese of Ljubljana at that time that do not appear in the protocols. Some of those obviously date back to the Middle Ages, while some just never asked for official confirmation despite the fact that this was against church regulations.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1556853
The fourth book of the series Artistic Topographic Inventories of Slovenia is the first exhaustive survey of artistic monuments of the Community of Hrastnik in the Zasavje region, the artistic heritage of which is relatively unknown to experts and to the wider public. In the scientific monograph all the sacred monuments (churches, chapels and shrines) as well as selected most important secular buildings and public monuments are presented. Descriptions of the monuments are accompanied by a survey of archival sources and bibliography, by plans and a wide choice of photographs. Beside individual topographic units the book contains also introductive studies on the hisoric and artistic development of the region.
COBISS.SI-ID: 270024960
The scientific paper presents reports on, vedute and washed drawings of city plans, castles and fortifications of places that were in the late 1630s visited and surveyed by Giovanni Pieroni, court war engineer, in Gorizia region, Carniola and Military Border. They are likewise relevant for the investigation of certain sacred monuments and urbanistic development of cities in these lands, and they also accurately place Slovene patrimony into European artistic context of the first half of the 17th century.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36027437
The article deals with the Medieval architecture and architectural sculpture of the monasteries of Augustinian nuns, Observant friars, Third Order of Saint Francis and Servites in Slovenian Istria. The church of Augustian nuns in Koper corresponds with North Italian Augustianian churches, whereas architectural elements of the church of Observant friars in Bernardin resemble High Gothic Venetian architecture and architectural sculpture. In its ground floor, the church of Observant friars in Koper is perhaps related to the one in Bernardin, as they reflect parallels in architectural sculpture. The ground floor of Servite church in Koper corresponds with the one of the unpreserved Servite chapel of San Giacomo alla Zueca in Venice while in comperison to the one in Berbnardin, the architectural sculpture in Koper can be attributed to a different somewhat later stonecutting workshop. A lunette in Regional Museum Koper, which was once in the Servite monastery, most likely originates from the Minorite church.
COBISS.SI-ID: 36042541