Umjetnička baština kasnosrednjovjekovne Bratovštine sv. Križa u Kotoru

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Artistic Heritage of the Late Medieval Confraternity of the Holy Cross in Kotor
• Author: Maja Marović
• Mentor: Predrag Marković (mentor)
• Committee member: Ana Marinković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ana Munk (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Predrag Marković (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of History of Art); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; History of Art; History and Theory of the Fine Arts, Architecture, Urbanism and Visual Communications

Abstract

Umjetnička baština bratovština koje su djelovale na području Kotora nije bila predmetom sustavnog istraživanja. Njezino je proučavanje otežano nedostatkom razumijevanja povijesnih okolnosti nastanka bratovština te uloge koju su odigrale u društvenom, političkom, religijskom i kulturnom životu grada. Među njima se bičevalačka Bratovština sv. Križa izdvaja starinom (1298.) i ulogom u vjersko-humanitarnim aktivnostima, tako i osnivanjem hospitala 1372. godine. Bratovština je držala prvenstvo u gradskim crkvenim svečanostima i procesijama, a njezina je riznica relikvijara bila najbogatija nakon katedralne. U umjetničku baštinu Bratovštine sv. Križa iz razdoblja kasnog srednjeg vijeka možemo uvrstiti lunetu portala crkve sv. Križa s prikazom Imago pietatis iz 15. stoljeća te relikvijare i druge zlatarske radove koji se danas čuvaju u katedrali sv. Tripuna u Kotoru. Crkva i sjedište Bratovštine zauzimali su važno mjesto u urbanom tkivu Kotora. Bratovštinu se istražuje u njezinu društveno-povijesnom kontekstu na temelju dostupnih vrela te rekonstruira situacija položaja i izgleda sjedišta, crkve i njezinih najvažnijih zgrada u mjeri u kojoj izvori to omogućavaju. Nadalje se analiziraju simboli s natpisa o osnivanju hospitala i donosi novo čitanje reljefa na luneti portala bratovštinske crkve. Rad se osvrće na sačuvane relikvijare s prijedlogom njihova razmatranja u okvirima novih spoznaja. Donose se podaci o dvostranoj ikoni s prikazom Bogorodice s Djetetom i Imago pietatis koju recentni radovi povezuju s Bratovštinom. Razumijevanje Bratovštine kao naručitelja i njezina umjetničkog nasljeđa nudi se u novome kontekstu. Rad je prilog očuvanju kulturne memorije grada s čije je mape nasljeđe Bratovštine sv. Križa danas gotovo potpuno izbrisano.

Abstract (english)

The artistic heritage of the confraternities of the city of Kotor has never been the subject of systematic research. The lack of understanding of the historical circumstances surrounding the confraternities’ emergence and their role in the city’s social, political, religious and cultural life makes the research considerably more difficult. The flagellant Confraternity of the Holy Cross stands out among them, because of its antiquity (1298) and its role in religious humanitarian activities, such as the foundation of a hospital in 1372. The confraternity took precedence in the city’s church solemnities and processions. Its reliquaries’ treasury was the only one that could compare to that of the cathedral. From the late medieval period, we can include the lunette of the portal of Holy Cross church from the 15th century with the representation of Imago pietatis, reliquaries and other valuable goldsmith works preserved in Saint Tryphon’s cathedral in Kotor as part of the artistic heritage of the Confraternity of the Holy Cross. The confraternity’s church and seat occupied an important place in the city’s urban fabric. The research takes into consideration the social and historical context of the confraternity’s activities based on the available historical sources. They allow, at least in part, a reconstruction of the placement and the appearance of the seat, the church and other important buildings that belonged to the confraternity. An analysis of the symbols from the inscription about the hospital’s erection and a new interpretation of the relief from the confraternity’s portal lunette has been provided. A review of the preserved reliquaries proposes their interpretation within the framework of the newly acquired data. Information about the double-sided icon portraying Madonna and the child and Imago pietatis is reconsidered in light of the recently published papers that connect it to the confraternity. A new perspective on the confraternity as a patron of arts and its artistic heritage has been presented. This work is a contribution to the preservation of the city’s cultural memory as the heritage of the Confraternity of the Holy Cross has been almost fully erased from the memory’s map.

• Keywords: Kotor; kasni srednji vijek; bratovštine; flagelanti; crkva sv. Križa; Imago pietatis
• Keywords (english): Kotor; late Middle Ages; confraternities; flagellants; the church of the Holy Cross; Imago pietatis
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:355026
• Study programme: Title: Art History; specializations in: Research, Teaching; Course: Research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti (magistar/magistra povijesti umjetnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-10-02 10:24:27