Tonko Maroević, Bogdan Mesinger, Vladimir Maleković, Mladenka Šolman
Gradski muzej Vinkovci, 2002.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
28.46 €
Graphics • Art history • Painting
Julije Klović
Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1977.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
28.42 €
Graphics • Skulpture
Ante Starčević: Skulptu •
Galerija Klovićevi Dvori
Galerija Klovićevi dvori is located inside the building of the old Jesuit monastery whose development started in the first half of the 17th century and continued in phases until the second decade of the 18th century. The building itself consists of two historically and architecturally different parts: the monastery from the 17th century and a medieval city tower built inside the very building of the monastery and presently hardly distinguishable.
The tower is located at the northeast corner of the complex whose east side leans directly on the city walls. It was built in the 13th century and thickness of its walls (two meters and square layout) corresponds entirely with the other towers of Gradec: Lotrščak, Popov toranj and the Stone Gate tower. Former Jesuit complex owes its beauty to decorative elements both on the façade and inside the yard. The stone portal on the western façade is a work of a renaissance artist whereas the second portal, nowadays serving as the main entrance to the Gallery, belongs to the period of High Baroque
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The Klović Palace / Klovićevi dvori
The Klović Palace is the largest art gallery in Croatia, curating monumental exhibitions of national and global art. The Palace is named after the famous Croatian miniaturist Julije Klović. A bronze statue of this El Greco student now embellishes the entrance to the gallery and celebrates the Michelangelo of Miniature.
The gallery has a rich and colourful history of celebrating art while successfully bridging the gap between high culture and city life. As Senior Curator Petra Vugrinec recently said, how ‘The Klović Palace Gallery consistently underlines the values of high-culture Zagreb, its refinement, tradition, cultural heritage and charm. Zagreb is a city tailored to people’.
The history of The Klović Palace, a polygon of museological challenges
At the beginning of the 1980s, local authorities renovated a former Jesuit monastery with a vision of repurposing it into a museum-like venue that would celebrate Croatian art and culture. Space was initially offered to the art collector Ante Topić Mimara. Allegedly, Mimara co