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Slovenian Art
Art of Slovenia refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with Slovenia, both before and after the country's Independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Art in Slovenia has been shaped by a number of Slovenian painters, sculptors, architects, photographers, graphics artists, comics, illustration, and conceptual artists. The most prestigious institutions exhibiting works of Slovene visual artists are the National Gallery of Slovenia and the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana. Painting Historically, painting and sculpture in Slovenia was in the late 18th and the 19th century marked by Neoclassicism (Matevž Langus), Biedermeier (Giuseppe Tominz) and Romanticism (Michael Stroy). The first art exhibition in Slovenia was organised in the late 19th century by Ivana Kobilca, who worked in realistic tradition. Impressionist artists include painters Matej Sternen, Matija Jama, Rihard Jakopič, Ivan Grohar, whose ''The Sower'' (Slovene: Sejalec) was depicted on the €0.05 Slovenian eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Realism (arts)
Realism in the arts is generally the attempt to Representation (arts), represent subject-matter truthfully, without artificiality, exaggeration, or speculative fiction, speculative or supernatural elements. The term is often used interchangeably with naturalism, although these terms are not necessarily synonymous. Naturalism, as an idea relating to visual representation in Western art, seeks to depict objects with the least possible amount of distortion and is tied to the development of linear perspective and illusionism in Renaissance Europe. Realism, while predicated upon naturalistic representation and a departure from the idealization of earlier academic art, often refers to a Realism (art movement), specific art historical movement that originated in France in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1848. With artists like Gustave Courbet capitalizing on the mundane, ugly or sordid, realism was motivated by the renewed interest in the commoner and the rise of leftist polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was a Europe, European Intellect, intellectual and Philosophy, philosophical movement active from the late 17th to early 19th century. Chiefly valuing knowledge gained through rationalism and empiricism, the Enlightenment was concerned with a wide range of social and Politics, political ideals such as natural law, liberty, and progress, toleration and fraternity (philosophy), fraternity, constitutional government, and the formal separation of church and state. The Enlightenment was preceded by and overlapped the Scientific Revolution, which included the work of Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Francis Bacon, Pierre Gassendi, Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton, among others, as well as the philosophy of Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and John Locke. The dating of the period of the beginning of the Enlightenment can be attributed to the publication of René Descartes' ''Discourse on the Method'' in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alojz Gangl
Alojz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alojz Ajdič (born 1939), Slovenian composer, author of many orchestral works *Alojz Fandel, former Slovak football player and coach *Alojz Geržinič (1915–2008), Slovenian composer *Alojz Gradnik (1882–1967), Slovene poet and translator *Alojz Ipavec, also written as Lojze Ipavic (1815–1849), Slovenian composer *Alojz Knafelc, Slovenian mountaineer and the inventor of the Slovenian trail blaze *Alojz Rebula (1924–2018), Slovene writer, playwright, essayist and translator *Alojz Rigele (1879–1940), sculptor from Bratislava *Alojz Tkáč (1934–2023), the first archbishop of the Košice Episcopal see (1995–2010) *Alojz Rakús (1947–2023), Slovak politician, Minister of Health (1990–1992), MP (1990–1992, 1998–2002) *Alojz Uran Alojz Uran or Alojzij Uran (22 January 1945 – 11 April 2020) was a Slovenian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Ljubljana, the capital of Slove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Krpan
Martin Krpan is a fictional character created based on the Inner Carniolan oral tradition by the 19th-century Slovenes, Slovene writer Fran Levstik in the short story ''Martin Krpan from Vrh pri Sveti Trojici'' (). Published in 1858 in the literary journal, ''Slovenski glasnik'', the story's popularity led it to become a part of Slovene folklore and made its lead character a folk hero. The story A Slovenes, Slovene subject of the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg Empire and one of the strongest men in it, Martin Krpan hails from a fictional village in Inner Carniola, Hilltop by the Holy Trinity [church] ('). A smuggler by profession, he makes a living by illegally transporting "English salt" (perhaps a euphemism for a constituent of gunpowder, a laxative, or a smelling salt). With the help of his loyal, diminutive mare, they transport the "salt" from the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast throughout the Slovene Lands and Inner Austria. On one of his trips, after Krpan meets the imperial car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tone Kralj
Tone Kralj (23 August 1900 – 9 September 1975) was a Slovene sculptor and painter also known for his wall paintings and illustrations. Kralj was born in Zagorica near Dobrepolje in Lower Carniola in 1900. He studied sculpture in Prague between 1920 and 1923 and then in Vienna, Paris, and Venice. Some of his best-known works are the wall paintings in various churches. His 1954 illustrations for Fran Levstik's Martin Krpan are also some of the most iconic images for the story. He won the Levstik Award in 1950 for his illustrations for ''Pravljica o carjeviču Jeruslanu'' (The Story of Prince Jeruslan). He died in Ljubljana in 1975. In 1972 he received the Prešeren Award The Prešeren Award (), also called the Grand Prešeren Award (), is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia. It is awarded each year by the Prešeren Fund () to two eminent Slovene art ... for his life's work. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veno Pilon
Veno Pilon (22 September 1896 – 23 September 1970) was a Slovene expressionist painter, graphic artist and photographer. He was born and died in Ajdovščina. Biography Pilon was born in Ajdovščina, then part of the Austro-Hungarian province of Gorizia and Gradisca (now in Slovenia). After he had finished the Gorizia Grammar School, he was drafted by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He fought on the Eastern front and was captured by the Russian army. He later described his experience as a prisoner of war in the autobiography ''Na robu'' ("On the Edge"). He returned to Ajdovščina Ajdovščina (; ,trilingual name "Haidenschaft, Aidussina, Ajdovščina" inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K. ... in 1919, where he took up painting and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In the late 1920s Pilon moved to Paris, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists have sought to express the meaningVictorino Tejera, 1966, pages 85,140, Art and Human Intelligence, Vision Press Limited, London of emotional experience rather than physical reality. Expressionism developed as an avant-garde style before the First World War. It remained popular during the Weimar Republic,Bruce Thompson, University of California, Santa Cruzlecture on Weimar culture/Kafka'a Prague particularly in Berlin. The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including expressionist architecture, painting, literature, theatre, dance, film and music. Paris became a gathering place for a group of Expressionist artists, many of Jewish origin, dubbed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franc Berneker
Franc Berneker (October 4, 1874 – May 16, 1932) was a 19th- and early-20th-century Slovene tomb sculptor, who had a strong impact on Slovenj Gradec gaining recognition for his work in bronze, marble and monuments. His art focus went from Realism (arts), realism to modernism to psychology, drama and an exploration of the relationship between worked and unworked, smooth and rough. He studied with Edmund von Hellmer at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and Ivan Zajec on monuments of national heroes His art work is displayed at the Réseau Art Nouveau Network, Resau Art Nouveau Network. List of sculptures Below is a list of some of Berneker's sculptures: # A Girl # Gradišče, Slovenj Gradec # The Drowned Couple # Oton Župančič # Drama # Victims # Zdenka Vidic and Mira Ban # Female Head # Wrestlers # Monument commemorating Trubar # Model for Turner's Tomb # Model for a Monument for Adamič and Lundër, Lunder. Exhibitions Berneker's work has been shown around the world in mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian Euro Coins
Slovenian euro coins were first issued for circulation on 1 January 2007 and a unique feature is designed for each coin. The design of approximately 230 million Slovenian euro coins (total value of approximately €80 million) was unveiled on 7 October 2005. The designers were Miljenko Licul, Maja Licul and Janez Boljka. The Mint of Finland was chosen to mint the coins through an international tender in 2007. Slovenia was the first country to join the eurozone out of the 10 new member states that joined the European Union in 2004, and the first ex-Yugoslav republic to join the eurozone. Slovenian euro design The Slovenian euro coins were the first to feature a new common side, with a new map of Europe on the bicoloured and Nordic-gold coins. For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins. 1 Slovenia achieved independence under the zodiac sign of Cancer. Circulating mintage quantities The following table shows the mintage quantity fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Grohar
Ivan Grohar (15 June 1867 – 19 April 1911) was a Slovene Impressionist painter. Together with Rihard Jakopič, Matej Sternen, and Matija Jama, he is considered one of the leading figures of Slovene impressionism in the fin de siecle period. He is known by his landscapes and portraits. He was also an established guitarist and singer. Life Grohar was born in the Upper Carniolan village of Spodnja Sorica, then part of Austria-Hungary. From an early age, he showed an interest in art but he could not develop his talent because he was an orphan and lived in poverty. In 1888, the local vicar Anton Jamnik sent him to an exhibition in the nearby town of Škofja Loka, enabling him to spend the summer working in the town of Kranj under the supervision of the church painter Matija Bradaška. He also travelled to Zagreb, where he worked in the atelier of Spiridion Milanesi, until he was conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army. He disliked the military life, so he deserte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rihard Jakopič
Rihard Jakopič (12 April 1869 – 21 April 1943) was a Slovenes, Slovene painter. He was the leading Slovenes, Slovene Impressionist painter, patron of arts and theoretician. Together with Matej Sternen, Matija Jama and Ivan Grohar, he is considered the pioneer of Slovene Impressionist painting. Life Rihard Jakopič was born in Krakovo, a suburb of Ljubljana, the capital of Carniola in the Austria-Hungary, now Slovenia. His father, Franc Jakopič, was a well-situated tradesman with agricultural goods. His mother was Neža, née Dolžan. Rihard was the youngest of eight children. Jakopič studied at the realschule, intermediate secondary school from 1879 to 1887. After passing an entry exam, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, for a short time returned home due to an illness, and then resumed his studies in 1888. In 1889, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and in 1890, the Anton Ažbe, Ažbe Art Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
