Croatian History

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…

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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…

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