ART IN THE MIDDLE AGES
By Vojislav J. Djuric
The existence of painted artwork among the Serbs in the Middle Ages
was defined by a series of factors of varying calibre and strength.
The most important of them are, of course: the size, power and fate of
Serbian states; the confessional choice of the people and the position
of their ecclesiastical establishments in relation to Constantinople
and Rome; the developmental level of society and the financial
potentials of patrons; the goal of religious artwork, and also its
political role.
ART IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES
By Dejan Medakovic
The great migration of the Serbs in 1690 under Patriarch Arsenije III
Carnojevic from the Serbian regions under Turkish rule at the time to
Austrian territories along the Danube was a significant and fateful
turning point in the spiritual and political life of the Serbian
nation. From that time onward, the Serbs quickly became part of
western European culture.
PAINTING IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY - THE FIRST EPOCH
By Miodrag B. Protic
It must be remembered that Serbian (and Yugoslav) painting at the
beginning of this century took shape in two European metropolises,
Munich and Paris. It usually started in the first city and ended up in
the second.
PAINTING IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY - THE SECOND EPOCH
By Miodrag B. Protic
Continuity was mainly personified by the painters of the pre-war
generations, who were still in top form. After the collapse of
Social Realism and the split with Soviet Union, they actualized
variants of Colourism and Expressionism.
NAIVE ART
By Koviljka Smiljkovic
Although the birth of modern art did not cause the creation of Naive
art, it contributed with its anti-academism to the recognition and
acceptance of that art.
SERBIAN SCULPTURE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
By Miodrag B. Protic
In relation to painting, sculpture had a different destiny:
it practically did not exist until the middle of the nineteenth
century. Before that, it lived in the form of ecclesiastic ornamental
and folk plastic art, but not as sculpture in the narrower sense.
APPLIED ART AND DESIGN
By Miroslav Fruht
The rich folk art of Serbia has been diligently developed through the
trades which, in turn, were being perfected for centuries. It was and
continues to be an inspiration and source of stimulation for the
creative imagination of artists of applied art.
MEDIEVAL MUSIC
By Roksanda Pejovic
Records about the existence of musicians, singers, players of stringed
instruments and horns among the South Slavs were left by, among
others, Byzantine historians and Arab travellers.
MUSICAL COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE FROM THE EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
By Roksanda Pejovic
While music played an important role in the Serbian medieval state
(from the twelfth to the fifteenth century), official music died out
during the period of Turkish enslavement. The Serbs in Vojvodina
(within the borders of the Habsburg empire) once again became involved
in European musical trends in the eighteenth century, but they did not
forget their traditional roots.
