If we measure the quality (and popularity) of haiku poetry by a number of international prizes, then Croatia can be ranked very high: immediately after Japan and the USA (1993, 1995). This is due to continuous efforts and enthusiasm of Vladimir Devidé, a well known Croatian mathematician and japanologist. He obtained a prestigious Japanese “Order of Sacred Treasure” – Konsantõ Zuihôshõ. Here is his haiku related to the aggression on Croatia written in 1991: A small pool of blood –…
The largest cathedral in Croatia is in the town of Djakovo, bearing visible scars of the 1991-1995 Greater Serbian aggression on Croatia. The church of Sv. Kuzma and Damjan in Vukovar, the second largest in Croatia, was seriously damaged during Yugoslav bombing and shelling in 1991, and devastated in the period of Greater Serbian occupation in 1991-1995. The Zagreb Cathedral is the third largest church in Croatia. The earliest urbanist in the modern sense was Pope Sixto V (he was…
Hermann Bollé (1845 – 1926), born in Köln, Germany, constructed (or participated in construction of) about 140 buildings in Croatia. Some of the most important are the Zagreb cemetery (one of the most beautiful in Europe), Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb, the Zagreb cathedral, Djakovo cathedral, palace of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Contemporary Croatian architects contributed to urban shaping of several important European cities with their projects: Ivo Tatic and others – the building of the…
Charles Billich is outstanding Croatian painter born in 1934 in the town of Lovran in Istria, and since 1956 working in Australia. He has permanent exhibition of his works at Hakane Museum in Tokyo since 1997, and was designated the official artist of the Australian Olympic team for Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000. I like his Canberra cantata. In 1998 Charles Billich completed his series of Bleiburg paintings. He was elected the official painter of Australian and the USA…
extensive encyclopedia in two volumes: Enciklopedija hrvatske umjetnosti, ed. in chief Zarko Domljan, Leksikografski zavod M. Krleza, Zagreb, 1996 Croatia and Europe, in five monumental volumes. See Jacques Le Goff’s foreword to its second volume (French edition). War damages to museums and galleries in Croatia Additional info about Pre-Romanesque Croatian art on this web site THE MUSEUM OF CROATIAN ARCHEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS Croatian Art in the pre-Romanesque Period Romanesque Period Renaissance Period at Zeljko Skropanic web site. Early Croatian Art www.croatianmonuments.org
The first public park in Europe was opened in Zagreb already in 1794 by Bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovec. Named “Maksimir” to his honour, it has a nice ZOO, lakes and pavilions.
Tajana Raukar was five times World Champion medallist in ice carving: “Pretenders”, World Championship Alaska 2001 “Leap of Faith”, World Championship Alaska 2002 “Friend or Foe”, World Championship Alaska 2003 “Graceful Predators“, World Championship Alaska 2003 “The Elements”, World Championship Belgium 2003 See Ice Dreams for more details. Please, note that this art has a very demanding sporting elements: sculptures are made at temperatures reaching -30 degrees Celsius, and it is quite nontrivial to manipulate with a huge block of…
Ivana Brlic Mazuranic (1874-1938) is a very well known name among Croatian children. She wrote beautiful books of Croatian fairy tales, the most famous being Price iz davnine (Tales of Long Ago) that appeared in Zagreb in 1916. It was translated from Croatian into English by F.S. Copeland under the title: Croatian Tales of Long Ago by Iv. Berlic Mazuranic and published in 1924. in London by George Alen & Unwin Ltd (260 pp, hardcover). For more photos see Yale…