{"id":34381,"date":"2026-07-29T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/publikacje\/dalmatynski-michal-aniol\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:01:22","slug":"dalmatynski-michal-aniol","status":"publish","type":"publikacje","link":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/publikacje\/dalmatynski-michal-aniol\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalmatian Michelangelo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the avant-garde age, Me\u0161trovi\u0107 did not agree to abandon the rules of composition, the secrets of craftsmanship, and classic materials. His imagination was rooted in great ancient and European art. He did not have to turn away from its heritage to respond to the challenges of today. That is why Jerzy Stempowski described him as “the greatest genius of monumental sculpture since antiquity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not without exaggeration Me\u0161trovic\u00a0is called\u00a0Dalmatian Michelangelo. Both were sculptors and architects at the same time. Both of them were able to convey the complicated nature of emotions in inanimate material. This is\u00a0“The Head of Moses”\u00a0– marble with the fierce gaze of the legislator. In addition, this work perfectly combines the Renaissance heritage with the Slavic folk tradition, thanks to the severe “dynastic” facial features that the sculptor gave the prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Adriatycka epopeja. Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107<\/div>\n
\n Z wioski niedaleko Splitu w Dalmacji wyruszy\u0142 w \u015bwiat, by zdoby\u0107 uznanie w \u015bwiatowych metropoliach. Wielki Auguste Rodin dostrzega\u0142 w nim swojego artystycznego kontynuatora, Jerzy Stempowski nazywa\u0142 \u201edrugim Fidiaszem\u201d, a inni wsp\u00f3\u0142cze\u015bni por\u00f3wnywali z samym Micha\u0142em Anio\u0142em. \u201eAdriatycka epopeja” to pierwsze w Polsce tak obszerne wydawnictwo po\u015bwi\u0119cone najwi\u0119kszemu chorwackiemu arty\u015bcie XX wieku \u2013 Ivanowi Me\u0161troviciowi. <\/div>\n\n
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Many of Me\u0161trovic’s works are enveloped in the aura of the Adriatic. One of them is\u00a0“Contemplation”\u00a0carved in Carrara marble, full of grace, but also melancholy, with delicate folds of robe from which the shapes of the female body emerge. Me\u0161trovi\u0107 was able to extract something mysterious or even mystical from this noble stone. This marble brings light with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View of Split, a print by Francesco Bartolozzi to the famous book of Robert Adam\u00a0“Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Robert Adam is one of the most important classicist architects of England and Scotland. In 1754\u20131758 he made his Grand Tour, whose most important goal was Dalmatia and the remains of Diocletian’s palace. Adam’s work is the first in modern European culture to develop the only preserved palace of the Roman emperor and one of the most important monuments of antiquity. Adam spent seven years producing his book; appeared in 1764; engravings for it were provided by many outstanding graphic designers. The book can be viewed from the resources of Polona.pl, and a reprint in a critical study of Croatian art historians is available at the ICC Scientific Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portico of Diocletian’s Palace opening to the sea, a print by Francesco Bartolozzi to the book of Robert Adam\u00a0“Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peristyle, the most beautiful of the rooms of the former Diocletian’s Palace in Split, engraving from the book of Robert Adam“<\/em>Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emperor Diocletian collected sphinxes sent to him from Egypt. In Christian times, most of the Split sphinxes were beheaded because they were treated as symbols of paganism. A print from the book of Robert Adam\u00a0“Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work of Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107 was devoted to\u00a0the exhibition\u00a0Adriatic epopej\u0119<\/a>, presented at the ICC Gallery in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Z\u0142oto i srebro Zadaru<\/div>\n
\n Nie spos\u00f3b uchwyci\u0107 dynamiki chorwackich system\u00f3w literackich, kulturowych i spo\u0142ecznych bez uwzgl\u0119dnienia tw\u00f3rczo\u015bci Miroslava Krle\u017ey \u2014 i to na polu poezji, prozy, biografistyki, dramatopisarstwa, eseistyki, animacji kultury, encyklopedyzmu, wystawiennictwa. We wszystkich tych obszarach zbudowa\u0142 siln\u0105 pozycj\u0119, dokona\u0142 jakiego\u015b prze\u0142omu, co\u015b przemodelowa\u0142, zmodyfikowa\u0142, tchn\u0105\u0142 w zastan\u0105 rzeczywisto\u015b\u0107 nowe \u017cycie. Zbi\u00f3r esej\u00f3w o sztuce w wyborze i opracowaniu Macieja Czerwi\u0144skiego przybli\u017ca polskiemu czytelnikowi t\u0119 niezwyk\u0142\u0105 posta\u0107, ukazuj\u0105c nie tylko bogactwo tw\u00f3rczo\u015bci Krle\u017ey, lecz tak\u017ce miejsce, jakie zajmuje w pejza\u017cu kultury \u015brodkowoeuropejskiej. <\/div>\n\n
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\n Author of the publication: <\/strong> Miroslav Krle\u017ea
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\n Marble statue of Moses by Michelangelo. It was created in the years 1513\u20131516. It is located in the Basilica of St. Peter in Okach in Rome. <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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