Island Entities Hvar

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Island Entities Hvar

• An overview of history and culture of island Hvar

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No man is an island, entire of itself, every man
is a piece of the continent

• a part of the main
• If a clod be washed away by the sea
  John Donne

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The sunniest islandthe longest island
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History of Hvar

• Early settlement - Neolithic period (3500 2500
  BC)
• Greek settlement from 385 BC Pharos
• Romans destroyed the walls of Pharos in 219 BC
  Pharia and latter Phara
• 7th C Slavs settled an island - Hvar
• Venice ruled Dalamatia (1420 1797)

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Early Settlement on Island

• Unique climate conditions
• Rich flora and fauna
• Abundance of herbs typical for Mediterranean
• Vineyards, olive trees, fish, herbs

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The History Written in Blood

• Island where various Mediterranean nation
  exchanged ideas, goods and services
• Target to the foreign armies and imperialistic
  ambitions of neighbouring countries

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Fortresses in Hvar
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The Arrival of Croats
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When Weapons are Silenced,Muses are Singing

• Museums, monasteries, churches, palaces, theatre
  have been build in Hvar, Stari Grad, Jelsa,
  Sucuraj
• Pharos Lighthouse Its beams shed light far to
  other parts of the Croatian national territory

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Islands Living Museums of Language

• Croatian vernacular language of Croatian
  Renaissance writers
• Original dialects preserved intact for centuries
  on our islands
• Chakavian dialect spoken in Hvar

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Education in Dalmatia

• Centers of higher learning in Rome, Padua,
  Sienna, Bologna, Venice
• Private tutors, and educated refuges from parts
  of Eastern Roman empire find their home in
  Dalmatian costal towns.

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Bibliotheca capitularis (1481)

• Bishop Tomo Tomasini in the mission to convert
  heretics in Bosnia until its fall in 1463
• Returns to Hvar as the bishop of Hvar
• In 148 Kaptol Library established in St Stephen
  Cathedral

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Humanism in HvarIdeal of Classical Order
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Croatian 15th Century Humanists

• New ideas were spreading through commerce
• Ciracio Pizzocolli affluent merchant from Ancon,
  Italy among initiators of humanism on Croatian
  shores of Adriatic

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Vinko Pribojevic - The first Slavic Enthusiast

• Born on the island Hvar
• Educated in the humanist spirit and joined
  Dominican order
• On the Origin and Glory of the Slavs

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Pribojevics Quote on History of Croats and City
of Hvar

• I have resolved, as a Dalmatian, and therefore
  Illyrian (Croat), and finally as a Slav to speak
  before Slavs regarding the destiny of the Slavs..
  I shall narrate the history of Dalmatia, which is
  not a negligible part of Slavic world, and
  finally I shall present the history of our
  ancient city.

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Croatian Renaissance and Its Ripples in Hvar

• The full flowering of Renaissance art production
  happened when Croatian national territory was
  minimised to reliquiae reliquiarum or remnants
  of the remnants of the great Croatian Kingdom
• Hvars renaissance artists had paved the way in
  originality producing works typical for our
  national genius.

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Hanibal Lucic Hvars Poet

• The Slave Girl (Robinja) written in 1530 one of
  the first European romances written half a
  century before Shakespeares Tempest
• Theme of resistance against Turks introduced in
  the early Renaissance
• Connection with folk poetry in Lucics literary
  production inspires other writers

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A Portrait of A Renaissance Man

• Supervised building of the Franciscan church and
  monastery
• Served as a distinguished member of the Great
  Council
• Wrote poetry and play
• Erected his own elegant summer residence

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Deus nobis haec otia fecit God prepared for us
this idles
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No other nymph upon this Earth

• No other nymph on this Earth
• For her beauty is more praised,
• For all eulogies has obtains
• The nymph who charms my hearth.
• There will not be nor has ever been
• A rival to compete with her.
• For her beauty is more praised
• No other nymph upon this earth.

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No other Nymph upon this Earth

• If such beauty should age
• It would be a great pity.
• Oh Lord, who are above everything
• Make it remain such forever
• Until the end of this world
• Do not allow time to disfigure it.
• It would be a great pity
• If such beauty should age.

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Renaissance Architecture
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Five Centuries of Hvar's Theatre
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Territory of the Republic of Venice
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