Marodić's Great Journey

Event information

Date and place

• Date: 13 Nov
• Time: 19:00
• Location: Galerija Matice srpske

Description

After finishing the art Academy, where his interest in the works of the great Renaissance masters had already begun to form, Aksentije Marodić set out on his first study trip to Italy in 1867, during which he visited Venice. A direct encounter with the works of Italian masters left a strong and lasting impression on the artist and his work. Four years later, shortly after signing the commission to paint the iconostasis of the church at the Kovilj monastery, he began his Great Journey with Italy as the central destination. The first stop was Venice, where he spent several months studying Venetian art collections, and in 1873 and 1874 he stayed in Rome, from where he traveled to and visited Naples and the Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, Sorrento, the island of Capri, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Florence, Perugia, Assisi, Orvieto, Pisa, Siena, Bologna, Parma, Ravenna and Padua. He concluded the trip in Venice at the beginning of June 1874.

He published his observations and memories from the journey in 1875 in the newspaper Zastava, and later, supplemented with personal reflections on the state and problems of national art, in the magazine Javor in 1881.