The monograph brings chapters – contributed by members of the research project group – dealing with great men from Slovenian history, its role and meaning in formation of national consciousness, and literary heroes and contemporary celebrities.
COBISS.SI-ID: 268496640
The monograph discusses public monuments in Ljubljana erected in honour of historical persons in the period of 1860-1940. In this period Ljubljana was first part of the Austrian Empire, and from 1918 onwards it was included into the Kingdom of South Slavs. The revolution after the Great War turned upside down the existing understanding, who was a hero and should have been forgotten.
COBISS.SI-ID: 276956928
This thematic issue of Traditiones is dedicated to heroes and national leaders, and is mainly compiled from papers presented at a conference in Ljubljana in December 2013. The publication of these papers in 2014 presents an opportunity to remember the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War and at the same time offers a framework for reflections on how individual leaders in Europe or on its margins influenced and guided the masses in times of peace and war, and in times of crisis and catastrophe.
COBISS.SI-ID: 276981248
Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Slovene Art. Iconographic, Religious and National Aspects The paper draws attention to the spread and periodic variations in the worship, as well as the depictions, of the two holy brothers from the perspective of their nationally constitutive and protective roles in sacred art. It focuses on selected works of art which mark important stages in both the growth of the cult and in national history and adds a number of hitherto overlooked works to those already known. It also discusses their formal origin and their specic iconographic features. The paper also points out that Slovenian works depicting the holy brothers mainly demonstrate the inuence of their Bohemian counterparts.
COBISS.SI-ID: 40793389
On the 250th anniversary of the birth of Marshall Radetzky an international scientific symposium took place in Sedlčany, Czech Republic. On this occassion, the leader of the research project presented social memory regarding the most famous citizen of Ljubljana of all time.
COBISS.SI-ID: 62973026