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| birth_place = [[Belgrade]], [[Principality of Serbia]] |
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'''Mihailo Valtrović''' ([[Belgrade]], 17 September 1839 - [[Belgrade]], 9 September 1915) was a Serbian [[architect]], professor of [[archeology]],<ref>https://books.google. |
'''Mihailo Valtrović''' ([[Belgrade]], 17 September 1839 - [[Belgrade]], 9 September 1915) was a Serbian [[architect]], professor of [[archeology]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFkueBuO-ucC&q=%22Mihailo+Valtrovi%C4%87%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA389|title=Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past|last=Lozny|first=Ludomir R.|date=2011-04-06|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781441982254|language=en}}</ref> one of the first pioneers of art history in Serbia,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVYzAQAAQBAJ&q=%22Mihailo+Valtrovi%C4%87%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA462|title=Art History and Visual Studies in Europe: Transnational Discourses and National Frameworks|date=2012-06-22|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004231702|language=en}}</ref> and key representative of the [[Historicism (art)|Historismus]] along with architect Dragutin Dragiša Milutinović. Valtrović was the first professor of archeology in Serbia, the initiator and founder of Serbian Archeology and founder and first president of the Serbian Archaeological Society.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0jA_LdH6nsC&q=mihailo+valtrovic&pg=PA197|title=Histoire du peuple serbe|last=Bataković|first=Dušan|date=2005|publisher=L'AGE D'HOMME|isbn=9782825119587|language=fr}}</ref> He designed a number of state orders and decorations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gradnja.rs/mihailo-valtrovic-svestrani-arhitekta-i-cuvar-kulturnog-nasledja/|title=Mihailo Valtrović: Svestrani arhitekta i čuvar kulturnog nasleđa|website=Gradnja|language=sr-RS|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Mihailo Valtrović graduated from the natural science section of [[Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia]] in Belgrade. After a brief service in the General Administration, he received a government scholarship to pursue his post-graduate studies abroad at Karlsruhe, where he chooses to study ancient architecture. After having completed his studies and training in [[architecture]] at the [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]], Valtrović first applied his profession in the construction industry and then became a professor of science and technical subjects at Belgrade's [[Grandes écoles]] in 1875. In 1881 |
Mihailo Valtrović graduated from the natural science section of [[Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia]] in Belgrade. After a brief service in the General Administration, he received a government scholarship to pursue his post-graduate studies abroad at Karlsruhe, where he chooses to study ancient architecture. After having completed his studies and training in [[architecture]] at the [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]], Valtrović first applied his profession in the construction industry and then became a professor of science and technical subjects at Belgrade's [[Grandes écoles]] in 1875. In 1881 Valtrović was awarded the chair of the newly-established Department of Archeology for his profound knowledge of antique architecture and taking part in the early 1882 archeological expeditions at [[Viminacium]]. He also proposed a Monuments Protection Act in 1889.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3rCDgAAQBAJ&q=Mihailo+Valtrovi%C4%87&pg=PT300|title=Time Frames: Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage|first1=Ugo|last1=Carughi|first2=Massimo|last2=Visone|date=April 28, 2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351980340|via=Google Books}}</ref> From the beginning, he devoted a significant part of his teaching activity to the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, emphasizing the importance of the arts in the history of mankind. |
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In 1896, |
In 1896, Valtrović turned his efforts to the reorganization of the [[National Museum of Belgrade]], where he held the post of the curator. Gradually, he left teaching altogether. His short but significant activity at the university was marked by an effort to introduce rigorous scientific methods in the study of antiquities. The stress, however, was placed upon the educational importance of classical antiquity and its aesthetic and ethical values for a modern established state and its cultural development, based on its historical character. Valtrović's program was influenced by his training, as well as the role models of German universities, where the study of classics was held to be the essential component of higher education. His protege, archeologist [[Miloje Vasić]], would take his place at the Grandes écoles. |
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In 1901, |
In 1901, Valtrović's former teaching post was established for the first trained archeologist, Miloje Vasic, who received his Ph.D. in 1898 from his mentor [[Adolf Furtwangler]] at the [[University of Munich]]. For the next five decades, until Vasic's retirement in 1955, the study of archeology in Serbia was almost exclusively marked by his activity. |
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About 300 drawings and watercolors of Serbian medieval monuments, which Mihailo Valtrović and Dragutin Dragiša Milutinović (son of [[Sima Milutinović Sarajlija]]) made as a result of fieldwork research on Serbian medieval monasteries, undertaken in 1871-1884 within a project supported by the Serbian Learned Society were published in various newspapers.<ref>https://books.google. |
About 300 drawings and watercolors of Serbian medieval monuments, which Mihailo Valtrović and Dragutin Dragiša Milutinović (son of [[Sima Milutinović Sarajlija]]) made as a result of fieldwork research on Serbian medieval monasteries, undertaken in 1871-1884 within a project supported by the Serbian Learned Society were published in various newspapers.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mihailo+Valtrovi%C4%87%22+-wikipedia|title=Starinar|date=1985|publisher=Arheološki institut|language=sr}}</ref> However, in 1884, a specialized periodical ''Starinar '' (Antiquarian) was established for publishing articles related to archaeological research. Interest in the Serbian medieval past was further increased after the first exhibition organized in 1888 by the Serbian Royal Academy which showed the results of research on Serbian churches and monasteries since 1846. Following the exhibition, the Academy submitted to the government the draft of the Act on Protection of Monuments, an updated version of the original 1844 Act on Protection of Ancient Monuments and in 1889 a new Act on State Archives, originally drafted in 1866.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I3rCDgAAQBAJ&q=%22Mihailo+Valtrovi%C4%87%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT300|title=Time Frames: Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage|last1=Carughi|first1=Ugo|last2=Visone|first2=Massimo|date=2017-04-28|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351980340|language=en}}</ref> |
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Mihajlo Valtrović received |
Mihajlo Valtrović received a recognition for his life's work from the King himself.<ref>{{cite web|title=Времеплов: Преминуио Михаило Валтровић|url=http://www.rtv.co.rs/sr_ci/drustvo/vremeplov/vremeplov:-preminuio-mihailo-valtrovic_274364.html|work=rtv.co.rs|publisher=РТВ|accessdate=8 September 2013|date=22 September 2011}}</ref> |
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==Selected works== |
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* ''Građa za istoriju umetnosti Srbije'', Belgrade, 1874 |
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* ''Prodomos'' (in German), Vienna, 1878 |
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* ''Pogled na staru srpsku crkvenu arhitekturu'', Belgrade,1889 |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Serbian architects]] |
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[[Category:Serbian art historians]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:19, 10 April 2024
Mihailo Valtrović | |
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 Mihailo Valtrović circa 1885 | |
| Born | 17 September 1839 |
| Died | 9 September 1915 (aged 75) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Occupation(s) | architect, archeologist, author |
Mihailo Valtrović (Belgrade, 17 September 1839 - Belgrade, 9 September 1915) was a Serbian architect, professor of archeology,[1] one of the first pioneers of art history in Serbia,[2] and key representative of the Historismus along with architect Dragutin Dragiša Milutinović. Valtrović was the first professor of archeology in Serbia, the initiator and founder of Serbian Archeology and founder and first president of the Serbian Archaeological Society.[3] He designed a number of state orders and decorations.[4]
Biography[edit]
Mihailo Valtrović graduated from the natural science section of Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia in Belgrade. After a brief service in the General Administration, he received a government scholarship to pursue his post-graduate studies abroad at Karlsruhe, where he chooses to study ancient architecture. After having completed his studies and training in architecture at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Valtrović first applied his profession in the construction industry and then became a professor of science and technical subjects at Belgrade's Grandes écoles in 1875. In 1881 Valtrović was awarded the chair of the newly-established Department of Archeology for his profound knowledge of antique architecture and taking part in the early 1882 archeological expeditions at Viminacium. He also proposed a Monuments Protection Act in 1889.[5] From the beginning, he devoted a significant part of his teaching activity to the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, emphasizing the importance of the arts in the history of mankind.
In 1896, Valtrović turned his efforts to the reorganization of the National Museum of Belgrade, where he held the post of the curator. Gradually, he left teaching altogether. His short but significant activity at the university was marked by an effort to introduce rigorous scientific methods in the study of antiquities. The stress, however, was placed upon the educational importance of classical antiquity and its aesthetic and ethical values for a modern established state and its cultural development, based on its historical character. Valtrović's program was influenced by his training, as well as the role models of German universities, where the study of classics was held to be the essential component of higher education. His protege, archeologist Miloje Vasić, would take his place at the Grandes écoles.
In 1901, Valtrović's former teaching post was established for the first trained archeologist, Miloje Vasic, who received his Ph.D. in 1898 from his mentor Adolf Furtwangler at the University of Munich. For the next five decades, until Vasic's retirement in 1955, the study of archeology in Serbia was almost exclusively marked by his activity.
About 300 drawings and watercolors of Serbian medieval monuments, which Mihailo Valtrović and Dragutin Dragiša Milutinović (son of Sima Milutinović Sarajlija) made as a result of fieldwork research on Serbian medieval monasteries, undertaken in 1871-1884 within a project supported by the Serbian Learned Society were published in various newspapers.[6] However, in 1884, a specialized periodical Starinar (Antiquarian) was established for publishing articles related to archaeological research. Interest in the Serbian medieval past was further increased after the first exhibition organized in 1888 by the Serbian Royal Academy which showed the results of research on Serbian churches and monasteries since 1846. Following the exhibition, the Academy submitted to the government the draft of the Act on Protection of Monuments, an updated version of the original 1844 Act on Protection of Ancient Monuments and in 1889 a new Act on State Archives, originally drafted in 1866.[7]
Mihajlo Valtrović received a recognition for his life's work from the King himself.[8]
Selected works[edit]
- Građa za istoriju umetnosti Srbije, Belgrade, 1874
- Prodomos (in German), Vienna, 1878
- Pogled na staru srpsku crkvenu arhitekturu, Belgrade,1889
References[edit]
- ^ Lozny, Ludomir R. (2011-04-06). Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781441982254.
- ^ Art History and Visual Studies in Europe: Transnational Discourses and National Frameworks. BRILL. 2012-06-22. ISBN 9789004231702.
- ^ Bataković, Dušan (2005). Histoire du peuple serbe (in French). L'AGE D'HOMME. ISBN 9782825119587.
- ^ "Mihailo Valtrović: Svestrani arhitekta i čuvar kulturnog nasleđa". Gradnja (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ Carughi, Ugo; Visone, Massimo (April 28, 2017). Time Frames: Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage. Routledge. ISBN 9781351980340 – via Google Books.
- ^ Starinar (in Serbian). Arheološki institut. 1985.
- ^ Carughi, Ugo; Visone, Massimo (2017-04-28). Time Frames: Conservation Policies for Twentieth-Century Architectural Heritage. Routledge. ISBN 9781351980340.
- ^ "Времеплов: Преминуио Михаило Валтровић". rtv.co.rs. РТВ. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
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