Herceg Koloman i umjetnost hrvatskoga prostora

2007

This study presents an outline of the activity of Bishop Stjepan II ofZagreb (1225-1247), and Koloman, herceg of Slavonia (1226- 1241) as patrons of the arts and initiators of the Gothic style in the Croatian section of the Pannonian plain (primarily Cazma, Medvedgrad, and Zagreb), and it also points out some possible links with Dalmatia (Split). The patronage activity of the two leaders has been linked both to their political goals and to their familiarity with the output of the Hungarian royal workshops of the first half of the thirteenth century. Some possible connections with the imperial art of the circle of Frederick II have been suggested, identifying possible points of entry, as well as defining the nature of the art under discussion within the society of its day, and the cultural landscape it helped create.

Starohrvatska Prosvjeta, 2010

The authors discuss the political and historical situation in medieval Slavonia in the first half of the 13 th century. Tatar invasion stopped two important political processes that might have changed the history of medieval Slavonia and the whole of Croatia. The main role was performed by Duke Koloman and Stjepan II, bishop of Zagreb. They planned to move the seat of the archbishopric from Split to Zagreb, and to make Čazma the political, religious and cultural center of Northern Croatia. The authors offer new information and interpretation about the role of art in that process.

Starohrvatska prosvjeta, ser. III, br. 37, 2010

In this paper the authors propose to discuss a remarkable monument of the 13th century art in Croatia, the giant west façade rose in Čazma, and its possible links to the Hungarian royal workshops. As background, they also explore some other key sites of the 13th century art such as Medvedgrad, Arača, Morović, Cirţa, and Prejmer, and some links of the royal workshops with the art of the lands further to the West - Bamberg, Worms, and Limburg an der Lahn.

The present article shows the political situation in Northwestern Croatia in the first half of the 13 th century, to be more precisely its second quarter. That period is marked by one of the most fascinating phenomena in the Continental Croatian culture of the Middle Ages when this part of Croatia underwent a true local Renaissance in political, economic and cultural spheres. That happened under the aegis of two most capable leaders, Coloman, the son of Andrew II and brother to King Bela IV, and Bishop Stephen II of Zagreb, the former royal Chancellor of Andrew II. Although this rise was cut short by the Tartar invasion of 1241-1242, the little traces that have survived, represent a totally new quality in the Croatian medieval culture. That parts of art production can be seen not only as quality pieces of art, but also as a document, hard evidence that can show the strength and the power of the political and economic programs of Coloman and Stephen II.

Povijesni Prilozi, 2013