Najthartizam – modernistička misao i pokret u bosanskohercegovačkoj arhitekturi
Neidhardtism – Modernistic Thought and Movement in Architecture of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: The monograph on the architect Juraj Neidhardt stimulates comprehensive research and critical evaluation of both the work of Juraj Neidhardt and the social, cultural and the style context of his work. The significant phenomenon which deserves attention is a sort of encounter of Juraj Neidhardt - his works, life and influences which fully reflect ideology of modernisam in Europe - and Bosnian land in the period when its identity was contextualized in the Yugoslavian socialism. The character of that encounter was determined by the category of Utopia. It seems that the most concise understanding of this complex phenomenon is coming from the perspective of Le Corbusier’s preface to the book Arhitektura Bosne i put u suvremeno (Architecture of Bosnia and the Path to Modernity). Through the appraisals and characterizations given within the preface Le Corbusier accurately anticipated the architectural and theoretical path of Neidhardt, which is described as a kind of architectural movement and labeled as Neidhardtism in this paper. Le Corbusier affirms Neidhardt›s concept of conecting the modern architecture with the Bosnian traditional culture, which might be considered as a pretty questionable connection at the time. Le Corbusier confirms that the specific method of modernist creativity in Juraj Neidhardt›s architecture enables him to follow universal principles, and he thus gave impetus to his further work.

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