The National-Dynastic Monument in the Kingdom of Serbia The Monument to Prince Milos Obrenovic in Pozarevac as a Case Study
Abstract
The monument to Prince Milos Obrenovic unveiled in 1898 embodied the concept of national-dynastic monument in the Kingdom of Serbia at the end of the nineteenth century. The statue in the manner of academic art by Djordje Jovanovic, a prominent Serbian sculptor, may be seen as a creative transfer of European practices in designing majestic monuments to rulers. Set up in downtown Pozarevac, the monument to Prince Milos was intended to act as a place of collective remembrance and a means of legitimation of King Alexander Obrenovic. Forming part of the process of constructing the cult of Prince Milos, the monument may be seen as a visual testimony to the attempt of the shaken dynastic regime to define its own ideological model by using the image of its charismatic founder. The unveiling ceremony, pervaded with a military spirit, confirmed the place of the Pozarevac visual topos on the map of patriotic geography, pointing to the power of the visual work in the system of the representative ...culture of the state and the nation in the late nineteenth century.
Keywords:
visual culture / Prince Milos Obrenovic / Pozarevac / national-dynastic monuments / Djordje JovanovicSource:
Balcanica, 2016, 47, 157-175Publisher:
- Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd
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Istorija umetnosti / History of ArtTY - JOUR AU - Borozan, Igor PY - 2016 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2159 AB - The monument to Prince Milos Obrenovic unveiled in 1898 embodied the concept of national-dynastic monument in the Kingdom of Serbia at the end of the nineteenth century. The statue in the manner of academic art by Djordje Jovanovic, a prominent Serbian sculptor, may be seen as a creative transfer of European practices in designing majestic monuments to rulers. Set up in downtown Pozarevac, the monument to Prince Milos was intended to act as a place of collective remembrance and a means of legitimation of King Alexander Obrenovic. Forming part of the process of constructing the cult of Prince Milos, the monument may be seen as a visual testimony to the attempt of the shaken dynastic regime to define its own ideological model by using the image of its charismatic founder. The unveiling ceremony, pervaded with a military spirit, confirmed the place of the Pozarevac visual topos on the map of patriotic geography, pointing to the power of the visual work in the system of the representative culture of the state and the nation in the late nineteenth century. PB - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd T2 - Balcanica T1 - The National-Dynastic Monument in the Kingdom of Serbia The Monument to Prince Milos Obrenovic in Pozarevac as a Case Study EP - 175 IS - 47 SP - 157 DO - 10.2298/BALC1647157B ER -
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Borozan, I.. (2016). The National-Dynastic Monument in the Kingdom of Serbia The Monument to Prince Milos Obrenovic in Pozarevac as a Case Study. in Balcanica Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti SANU - Balkanološki institut, Beograd.(47), 157-175. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647157B
Borozan I. The National-Dynastic Monument in the Kingdom of Serbia The Monument to Prince Milos Obrenovic in Pozarevac as a Case Study. in Balcanica. 2016;(47):157-175. doi:10.2298/BALC1647157B .
Borozan, Igor, "The National-Dynastic Monument in the Kingdom of Serbia The Monument to Prince Milos Obrenovic in Pozarevac as a Case Study" in Balcanica, no. 47 (2016):157-175, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647157B . .