Croatian Art in the Second Half of the Ninth Century
Nikola Jakšić
In Croatia there are a great number of precisely dated sculptures and architectural monuments from the second half ninth century. It was time following delimitation spheres interest on eastern Adriatic between Carolingians Byzantium, when Croatian dukedom (kneževina) developed into state under rule Dukes Trpimir, Branimir Muntimir. Their names were carved in some reliefs church furniture, which makes it possible to follow development architecture sculpture middle end Pre-Romanesque buildings century, indirectly by sculptured inscriptions, belong two types: hexaconchal oratory influence older Mediterranean heritage, longitudinal structures with triapsidal or triconchal sanctuary, external buttresses westwork, as most important characteristic. All vaulted, cross vaults barrel domes. Members ruling class possessed goldwork high level craftsmanship. Some Lothar I coin, allowed another group similar very valuable objects be We refer well-known gold jewelry Trilj, gilded royal spurs like set child's Crkvina in, Biskupija near Knin, other contemporary found richly-equipped graves that also had Byzantine coins Constantine IV Leo V.
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