Žene iz Sv. pisma u djelima hrvatskih likovnih umjetnika XX. i XXI. stoljeća
Women from the Holy Scriptures in the work of Croatian artists from the 20th and the 21st centuries

Summary/Abstract: This paper depicts the work of Croatian artists inspired by biblical heroines. Painters from the beginning of the 20th century, like B. Čikoš Sesija, M. Uzelac, M. Trepše and others, under the infl uence of the so called Art Nouveau usually portrayed Salome, Susana, and Judith as femme fatale. Artists from the second half of the 20th century such as: I. Dulčić, Đ.Seder, S. Šohaj, Z. Šulentić and others, normally present in the interiors of sacred space, under the infl uence of contemporary avant-garde currents and changes in socio-political and cultural conditions, turned to nonfi gurative and abstract representations, most commonly portraying the character of Mary. At the end, our contemporary painter, D. Popović takes us back to the 20th century, with his subjective visual expression and representation of Salome, Judith and Mary Magdalene as femme fatale.

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