Hundred stones of a lost paradise; Romanic sculpture in museums and collections between Sava and Drava
Organised by: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb
Venue: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Trg Nikole Subica Zrinskog 19
Duration: 23rd October - 23rd December 2007
Concept: Vladimir P. Goss
Design: Mario Beusan
Scope: 104 artefacts, drawings, fotographs
Web adress: www.amz.hr
Type: archaeological, thematic
With the exhibition Hundred stones
of a lost paradise - Romanic sculpture in museums and collections
between Sava and Drava 106 pieces of Romanic sculpture, from
the region between Sava and Drava, are included. Roughly, half of
that material was never displayed and a big part is, in this
occasion, for the first time scientifically processed and made
accessible to both scientific and general public. Original
artefacts, found in Ščitarjevo, will be displayed as findings with
an explanation of their usage, while Roman architecture will be
shown with presentations and computer reconstructions.
Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque period in continental Croatia is a
segment of Croatian monumental and historical heritage, that has
been systematically neglected. Last decade findings in Lobor,
Medvedgrad, Čazma, Ivanec, Sv. Ivan Zelina, etc., with already
familiar, although never completely studied, materials from Rudina,
Glogovnica, Zagreb, Đakovo and elsewhere, clearly show that,
between 9th and 13th century, Croatian part of Panonija had not
lapsed in comparison to other regions of Carpathian basin.
Every Saturday (until July 1st 2007), along side the exhibit,
appropriate workshops will be held. Every Sunday, during the
exhibit period, entrance to Archaeological Park in Ščitarjevo will
be free. A project of MZOŠ "Romanesque period in the region between
Sava and Drava and the European culture" is being led by a team of
young scientists, under the guidance of Professor Vladimir P. Goss,
from the Department of Art History on Philosophical Faculty in
Rijeka. That work gives the assumption that we can count on over
500 archaeological sites in that region, from the mentioned period.
This exhibit will show behind the curtains of the past and
hopefully encourage systematic work on further revelations,
analysis and preservation of a great and forgotten cultural
landscape and cultural ecology that needs to be preserved for
future generations.
With this exhibit, artefacts from museums and collections in
Zagreb, Sv. Ivan Zelina, Ivanec, Vinica, Varaždin, Križevci,
Koprivnica, Bjelovar, Čazma, Nova Gradiška, Požega, Velika, Našice,
Osijek, Vinkovci and Ilok, are included. That lifts the cooperation
and synergy between the region museums and associated institutions
to a higher level.
Users: all categories of visitors