Klimt u Rijeci: Stropna dekoracija u riječkom Kazalištu
Klimt in Rijeka: the Ceiling Decoration in Rijeka Theatre

Summary/Abstract: The second half of XIX century was one of the most important period of the economy and culture of Rijeka.The spirit of secession appeared in the middle of Europe at the end of that century but in Rijeka some after that. In the 80’ years of XIX century the Rijeka theatre commission decided to build new theatre according to the modern middle European criteria. On April 1884 was noticed the contour of one impressive building. The big work on ceiling decoration was accredited to F ranz Matsch who with brothers Gustav and Ernst Klimt realized allegorical composition of operetta, dans, love, concert, religious and army music. The aim od this paper is to say has Gustav Klimt ( 1862-1918: the Austrian secession/ art-deco painter with one big the European and world reputation) been partipation in the vision and duty of Rijeka Theater by its architect F erdinand F ellner who said at its opening (03 October 1885): It shell be non declined destruction if for all people we couldn’t trace ways to the spiritual intuition and intelectual creation. Therefore we come up to analyse the composition, issues and simbols of the Rijeka Theatre ceiling decoration by directly observation and due very quality photographs. The ceiling decoration is consisted by six separate pictures (oil on canvas) in the golden oval frames same dimensions which surround one cone crystal lustre. Although one of the parts is also situated uper than stage it is one completed and figured composition. All pictures are made in brown tones with less dark green, black and white colours. Rhytm makes harmony beetween high potention and pacific situations. Evry picture also presents one of explicitly moral and ethic components of human being: maternality, pleasure, confort, gentleness, anxiety, friendship, concupiscence, religiosity and consultation. Conclusion is that we don’t conscious the permanent presence work of one big the European and world painter as Gustav Klimt in our environment and in its centre such as the theatre/our temple of culture- The Croation national theatre Ivan noble Zajc.

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