Istraživanje likovne kulture na Pešćenici. Neboder na staroj (Peščenici)
A Research Into the Artistic Aspect of Culture of the Pešćenica Residents (An Apartment Building in „Old Pešćenica")

Summary/Abstract: This is a preliminary report of an investigation into the figurative art culture of the inhabitants of Peščenica. The term „figurative art culture" denotes art objects, creative activities and reception of art - in short, the satisfaction of aesthetic needs. An object is considered the object of art if it contains some elements of artistic expression, regardless of its possible practical function. The author surveyed residents of 24 apartments in an apartment building. She asked questions about their artistic activities, and recorded decorative objects in their apartments. Results were somewhat surprising: the residents owned more original paintings than the author had expected, there was a very prominent custom of giving paintings as gifts, and a significant number of people engaged in creative activities (painting, sculpturing, crocheting, macrame knotting and tapestry' making).

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