Slovenian Impressionism

Like Slovenian literature, Impressionism took its place as a contributory force in the cultural development of the Slovenian nation.  more...

Slovenian impressionists - Matija Jama

Breathtakingly luminous and unsurpassed in conveying the Arcadian character of Slovenian  countryside. more...

Slovenian impressionists - Ivan Grohar

"It is the motion of an appointed moment which will last as long as the material substance of the painting lasts”. more...

Slovenian impressionists - Matej Sternen

His knowledge of and interest in diverse disciplines may have impinged on his development in any one field, inhibiting its growth. more...

Slovene composers of the Renaissance

Outstandingly gifted people would gravitate towards the centre of empire, to places of learning and the courts of the wealthy and powerful.
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Jacobus Gallus – monumenta artis musicae sloveniae

Gallus' compositions were original, distinguished by characteristics not shared by his contemporaries. more...

Plečnik’s Ljubljana

Peter Krečič, director of Ljubljana Architectural Museum and author of monographs has described Jože Plečnik’s work in Ljubljana as "a world urban-planning phenomenon" ...

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Slovenian impressionists - Rihard Jakopič

The painter initiated a temporal and socially organic continuity of Slovene art which permeated the sphere of national consciousness. more...

Baroque in the music of Iacobus Gallus

Characteristically baroque traits are dynamism, ornamentation, sharp contrast, individualism, but most of all, affective representation. more...

Plečnik’s Vienna

He combined the timeless, the traditional and historical with the innovative, experimental and modern - the "modern classicist".

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Iacobus Gallus and the mystery of authorship

Upon close textual and musical analysis, the authorship of the Ave Maria motet is established. more...

Plečnik’s Prague

Tomas Masaryk was looking for an inspired creator whose architectural design could express the very values on which the Czech state was based. 

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