Maribor has a specific urban history, connected with an accelerated industrialisation from the middle of the 19th century on. Similarly as other towns along larger rivers, Maribor, too, developed on one (left) of the Drava banks in the Middle Ages, while the other (right) bank remained a space for the settlement of the rural character. By constructing the railway Vienna – Trieste, which reached Maribor in 1846, the right Drava bank began to develop in a distinctive industrial region with communities for workmen. From that time on the town authorities have been trying to create links between two town regions which preserved their own character.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 19573256The exhibition was prepared by the students of the second year at the Department of History of Arts, Faculty of Arts at the University of Maribor within the branch Introduction to Iconography under the mentorship of doc. dr. Barbara Murovec and assist. dr. Tina Košak and by the members of the France Stele Institute of Art History taking part in the project. On 27 panels from the viewpoint of the subject works of art were explained, which are kept in Maribor churches and in the Regional Museum as well as the statues of the Plague Column.
F.28 Organising an exhibition
The monumental sculpture of Franz Joseph I, which had been positioned in front of the Military Academy building in Maribor, was removed after the downfall of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy. The exhibition is dedicated to the monument, its commission, its author and the relations of Emperor Franz Joseph towards fine arts, public monuments and their artistic and social-political context.
F.28 Organising an exhibition
The book represents one of the main architectural monuments of the late Historicism in Slovenia, the Franciscan church in Maribor, built between 1893 and 1895 according to the plans of Viennese architect Richard Jordan. This Neo-Romanesque basilica distinguishes by architectural elements reflecting the most topical architectural trends of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, as well as by high quality furnishings which was designed in the time of the construction and made in the first decades of the 20th century. The monograph discusses on the events leading to the connstruction of the new church, the construction itself, the architectural features, later renovations, furnishings and the mural which was dstroyed after the second world war. The final part of the monograph sheds light on the role and significance of the Franciscan church in Jordan's oeuvre and in the context of the church architecture at the end of the 19th century in Slovenia.
F.29 Contribution to the development of national cultural identity
COBISS.SI-ID: 270566144The monument of the national awakener Slomšek was conceived as a public national monument, but was due to the social-political circumstances in Maribor (the pressures of the German-Liberal town authorities) finally erected in the Cathedral, where it acquired a tombstone-related function. The monograph discusses comprehensively the political and art historical aspects of the monument, establishing its wider context, related to the transfer of the seat of the Lavantine Diocese from Sankt Ändra to Maribor, to construction and artistic works required for Diocese establishments, and to the role of ‘national’ saints popularised by Slomšek to encourage national awareness and identity of Slovenian population. A special emphasis is placed also on depictions and portraits of Slomšek and their role in the formation of Slomšek as a national cult and saintly figure.
F.29 Contribution to the development of national cultural identity
COBISS.SI-ID: 271773184