Opis
“This book about the Academic Church of St Catherine in Zagreb resulted from a research programme of the Institute of Art History. It is a fine monograph about the best-known Croatian Baroque church (1620–1632), built as part of the former Jeusit complex in Zagreb’s Upper Town. In-depth studies by three authors – Katarina Horvat-Levaj (architecture), Doris Baričević (sculpture) and Mirjana Repanić-Braun (painting, stucco and artistic craftwork) – show the historical develompemnt of the church and its rich inventory, which is explored and assessed in the context of related Croatian and Central-European art. Besides the interpretative text with many new results, there are also documents the church’s construction and inventory as well as archival designs and illustrations datin from the 17th to the 19 th century, acquired from archives in Croatia, Austria, Hungary and France. The study is illustrated by photographs and new architectural surveys (ground plans, sections and reconstruction of the original façade). The main text is followed by a catalogue, construction chronology, bibliography and references, and an indeks. Due to the importance of this church, as the first Baroque structure in Croatia, and becaue of its „advanced style“ with respect to similar buildings in the region (Austria, south Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia), the book has been translated into English.” (Iz uvodnika)
