Books by Miodrag Marković
A t a hilltop overlooking the valleys of the Raška and Deževa rivers, reaching high into the heav... more A t a hilltop overlooking the valleys of the Raška and Deževa rivers, reaching high into the heavens like the covenantal prayer of the founder of the Nemanjić dynasty from which it was born, the Djurdjevi Stupovi monastery has been standing tall for more than eight and a half centuries as the sacral roof of Serbia. Fulfilling his oath to God and St. George, Stefan Nemanja, the Serbian Grand Župan, founded this monastery in the heart of Old Ras, not far from the ancient Church of Sts. Peter and Paul as an act of gratitude for his liberation from captivity, triumph over his brothers, and ascent to the Serbian throne. Nemanja's accession ushered in a new, extraordinarily important chapter in Serbian political history, and the founding of Djurdjevi Stupovi in honor of this triumphant rise marked a crucial watershed in the evolution of Serbian culture. With the seed of the Raška plan of sacral buildings contained in its architectural structure and its interior decorated with Byzantine frescoes, the Towers of St. George (Old. Sr. stupovi = towers) stand at the beginning of the evolution path of medieval Serbian art and its authentic identity. Having begun then, the rise of the Serbian state would gain momentum under Nemanja's descendants, who would go on to bear the royal and imperial crown. It would lead to the transfer of Serbia's political and ecclesiastical center from Raška and the building of dynastic I N T R O D U C T I O N INTRODUCTION 9 St. Simeon Nemanja, fresco from Mileševa, ca. 1224 4 Main portal of the Church of St. George in Ras, reconstruction made using original fragments, monastery lapidarium
Драган Војводић, Миодраг Марковић, Ђурђеви ступови у Расу, Платонеум, Нови Сад, 2023, 2023
Monograph on the Church of St. George In Ras, the foundation of Stefan Nemanja from 1170/1171, co... more Monograph on the Church of St. George In Ras, the foundation of Stefan Nemanja from 1170/1171, containing chapters on history, architecture and wall painting of the church (in Serbian)
Платонеум д.о.о., 2021
родоначелника династије Немањића према њој вероватно је утицала чињеница што је он управо ту, још... more родоначелника династије Немањића према њој вероватно је утицала чињеница што је он управо ту, још као дете, примајући миропомазање, преведен у православну вероисповест, и што је неколико деценија касније на истом месту био устоличен као српски велики жупан. Петрову цркву Немања је одабрао и за место одржавања великог државног сабора на којем је, на Благовести 25. марта 1196. године, власт предао свом средњем сину, Стефану, и ту је примио монашки постриг, добивши име Симеон. Stiepan de Bosna", а у бици на Косову 1389. године учествовао је "Despot Lazar Re de Bosna". Отуда следи закључак да и у Радославу Белу, који се у старим хроникама Рагузе помиње као "краљ" Босне, треба у ствари видети "краља" Србије. У историографији су позната двојица српских владара с именом Радослав (не рачунајући оне које помиње Летопис попа Дукљанина чија је веродостојност понајвише компромитована у погледу просопографије и антропонимије). Један од њих је кнез кога средином Х века помиње Константин VII Порфирогенит (945-959) у свом спису о народима. Према речима византијског цара, тај Радослав био је син Вишеслава, кнеза (архонта) Србије. Како је у истом спису поменуто и то да је био деда кнеза Властимира (око 830-око 850), односно прадеда кнеза Мутимира (око 850-891/892), чије се владавине могу приближно тачно датирати, следио би закључак да је кнез Радослав Србијом владао негде између почетка последње трећине VIII и краја прве четвртине IX века. Други српски владар истог имена, Немањин потомак, који је као краљ управљао српском државом у раздобљу између јесени 1227. и зиме 1233/1234. године, не може се узети у разматрање јер је извесно
to 877-900, report that King Paulimir (rex Paullimirus), having first united Serbia into one king... more to 877-900, report that King Paulimir (rex Paullimirus), having first united Serbia into one kingdom and defeated the jupanus of Rascia, built there "a church worthy of royal magnificence" dedicated to St. Peter, "the princeps of the apostles." The author of the note, most likely Farlati, cites the "Anonymous Diocleates" and his Commentarium de Regno Slavorum, adding that the king had a bishop's cathedra installed at the church. The sources collated for the purposes of writing Illyricum Sacrum also included the "Report on the Monasteries of the Province of Rascia," dictated to Filippo Riceputi in 1720 by the Ragusan merchant Nikola Bošković (1641-1721), father of the famous polymath Ruggero Boscovich. He spent almost twenty years (ca. 1671-ca. 1689) living in the Ragusan colony in Novi Pazar and toured the entire region of Rascia several times. His concise description of the local churches and monasteries, discovered among Riceputi's papers, briefly relates that the "abandoned" church of St. Peter's is located on the bank of the Raška River, not far from the Djurdjevi Stupovi monastery and very near the village of "Podbijelo Krušovo" and the derelict castle known as Bijelo. According to the local population, the church and the castle were both built by Paulimir Belo (Paulimiro Belo).
Exhibition in the SASA Gallery of Visual Arts and Music
(13 December 2019 - 31 March 2020)
Прилажући уводну реч каталогу изложбе Српско уметничко наслеђе на Косову и Метохији. Идентитет, з... more Прилажући уводну реч каталогу изложбе Српско уметничко наслеђе на Косову и Метохији. Идентитет, значај, угроженост, желим да укажем на то да изложба и публикације које је прате, као плодови дуго припремане активности САНУ, представљају одговор суштинској обавези наше куће, произашлој из основног смисла њеног постојања од првих корака по оснивању Друштва српске словесности 1841. године. Зато тај одговор не може имати сенку баналне дневне прагматичности, за коју се САНУ исувише често неоправдано оптужује. Три издвојена појма -идентитет, значај, угроженост -иако наизглед лапидарно наведена, готово да у својој суштини не траже даљу елаборацију ако на уму имамо контекст у којем се остваривао особен културни идентитет српског уметничког и духовног наслеђа на простору Косова и Метохије. Мени се, међутим, намеће -неизречена, а ипак јасно чујна -још једна кључна одредница важна за разумевање ове изложбе. Ту одредницу ће много позванији препознати као високу естетску вредност, самосвојност и томе слично, а ја ћу је, у немоћи да је обухватим у бити, одредити као лепоту изнад свих зала. Можда тај појам и није сасвим одговарајући, али је свакако најближи ономе што сам осетио када сам као дванаестогодишњак први пут обилазио манастире Косова и Метохије, а што се касније, када сам им се враћао, само потврђивало. У опису тог доживљаја на памет ми често падају редови нашег академика Михаила Лалића из Заточника. Друге свеске мемоара и дневника Пеја Грујовића, које овде позајмљујем: Пред ноћ смо стигли у долину и наступали кроз завјетрину шуме испуњене жуборењем ријеке која се наслућивала подаље од пута. Ту нам је најзад отоплило и надали смо се храни. Они испред мене, излазећи на чистину, скидаху капе и почеше да се крсте. Мислио сам да ја нећунема тако великог попа који би ме на то натјерао. Али кад угледах манастирску цркву Дечана како стоји на ливади -лијепа као привиђење а трајнија но тврђаве -стадох па и сам скидох капу и дође ми да је бацим увис као што су други око мене већ чинили. Знао сам понешто, из пјесмарица више него из историје, о том манастиру; виђао сам га и на слици, али да он ту нов стоји шест вјекова, надтрајавајући и Србе и Турке и Албанце с бијелим капама и њихове честе кавге, дуге мржње и кратка мирења -то је изгледало невјероватно. Чинило ми се, па и сад ми се тако причињава, да је у том здању уграђено нешто натприродно -некакав чудесни спој оплемењене материје и у материји ухваћене душе. Без неке такве загонетне равнотеже удаље-
Papers by Miodrag Marković
ZRVI, 2023
Byzantium and the countries under its cultural influence, in the area of the so-called Byzantine ... more Byzantium and the countries under its cultural influence, in the area of the so-called Byzantine Commonwealth. It concludes that painters were treated like all other craftsmen in many aspects of social life from the time of the Book of Eparch (from the tenth century). Nevertheless, some artists were highly respected, and this prestige manifested itself in different ways: prominent painters were praised for their artistic skill or their wisdom and education, some were engaged as witnesses or guarantors in court cases due to their civic and personal credibility, some enjoyed a reputation that stemmed from their other profession – many of them were members of the clergy (priests, hieromonks, monks, hegoumenoi, chartophylaxes, metropolitans), some were elected state, city or military officials, and judges, and some were sent on diplomatic missions. Accordingly, many painters were addressed by the title kyr (Sir), which also testifies to their reputation and social status. Others, however, were forced to earn a living by trading, sometimes even by farming or herding. On the other hand, sources testify that occasionally figures of the highest social ranks (emperors, archbishops, metropolitans, nobles) also dabbled in painting, but they usually did so for fun, and are thus rightly seen in scholarship as amateur painters and cannot be used to illuminate the social status of painters. It seems, however, that the artist’s reputation, about which this paper provides original testimonies and a range of other indicators, generally did not bring a better or higher social status to the painters themselves, so until the end of the Middle Ages, much as in the tenth century, as evidenced by the Book of Eparch, they retained the status of artisans. To corroborate that claim, the paper brings original data on the social strata from which apprentices in painting workshops were recruited and the social circles from which came the spouses of painters or their family members.
Zograf, 2022
The text deals with two mutually close, late sources that have
not been used so far in considerin... more The text deals with two mutually close, late sources that have
not been used so far in considering the chronology of the construction
of the katholikon of the Studenica monastery: the inscriptions
on two copper engravings depicting the main church
of the “Great Lavra of St. Simeon” made in Moscow in 1758.
Those inscriptions state, among other things, that Stefan Nemanja
built the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
in 1194/1195.
Глас CDXXXIV Српске академије наука и уметности Одељење историјских наука, књ. 19 , 2023
Paul Petrovits (1818–1887), Serbian painter born in
Timisoara, lived between February 1851 and M... more Paul Petrovits (1818–1887), Serbian painter born in
Timisoara, lived between February 1851 and May 1885 at least
on five occasions in the USA (not counting stays in Hawaii, which are in
were an independent kingdom during Petrovits's lifetime). In this paper it is established that he first stayed in San Francisco (1851), the second time in
New York (1856/1857), the third time in New York (1867–1873), Denver (1873),
San Francisco (1873–1876, 1878), Los Angeles (1876/1877), Virginia
nia City (1877/1878) and Portland (1878), the fourth time in San Fran-
Cisco (1881), New York (1881/1882), Cincinnati (1882), Hot Springs
(1882/1883) and New Orleans (1883), and the fifth time in Los Angeles (1883/1884)
and San Francisco (1884/1885). It was also established that in the mentioned period he created more than sixty-five works, mostly portraits (six of them
they certainly still exist today). The aforementioned knowledge sheds a completely new light on the career that Paul Petrovits had in the USA.
Академске беседе = Academic speeches, Serbian academy of sciences and art, 2022
The latest research on the life and activities of Paul Petrovits, a Serbian painter of the 19th c... more The latest research on the life and activities of Paul Petrovits, a Serbian painter of the 19th century, a native of Timișoara, who spent most of his life in the USA, and ended up as the court painter of the Hawaiian king Kalakaua.
Život i stvaralaštvo žena članova Srpskog učenog društva, Srpske kraljevske akademije i Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti, Tom II, ur. N. Milošević-Đorđević, Beograd 2022, 2022
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not been used so far in considering the chronology of the construction
of the katholikon of the Studenica monastery: the inscriptions
on two copper engravings depicting the main church
of the “Great Lavra of St. Simeon” made in Moscow in 1758.
Those inscriptions state, among other things, that Stefan Nemanja
built the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
in 1194/1195.
Timisoara, lived between February 1851 and May 1885 at least
on five occasions in the USA (not counting stays in Hawaii, which are in
were an independent kingdom during Petrovits's lifetime). In this paper it is established that he first stayed in San Francisco (1851), the second time in
New York (1856/1857), the third time in New York (1867–1873), Denver (1873),
San Francisco (1873–1876, 1878), Los Angeles (1876/1877), Virginia
nia City (1877/1878) and Portland (1878), the fourth time in San Fran-
Cisco (1881), New York (1881/1882), Cincinnati (1882), Hot Springs
(1882/1883) and New Orleans (1883), and the fifth time in Los Angeles (1883/1884)
and San Francisco (1884/1885). It was also established that in the mentioned period he created more than sixty-five works, mostly portraits (six of them
they certainly still exist today). The aforementioned knowledge sheds a completely new light on the career that Paul Petrovits had in the USA.
not been used so far in considering the chronology of the construction
of the katholikon of the Studenica monastery: the inscriptions
on two copper engravings depicting the main church
of the “Great Lavra of St. Simeon” made in Moscow in 1758.
Those inscriptions state, among other things, that Stefan Nemanja
built the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
in 1194/1195.
Timisoara, lived between February 1851 and May 1885 at least
on five occasions in the USA (not counting stays in Hawaii, which are in
were an independent kingdom during Petrovits's lifetime). In this paper it is established that he first stayed in San Francisco (1851), the second time in
New York (1856/1857), the third time in New York (1867–1873), Denver (1873),
San Francisco (1873–1876, 1878), Los Angeles (1876/1877), Virginia
nia City (1877/1878) and Portland (1878), the fourth time in San Fran-
Cisco (1881), New York (1881/1882), Cincinnati (1882), Hot Springs
(1882/1883) and New Orleans (1883), and the fifth time in Los Angeles (1883/1884)
and San Francisco (1884/1885). It was also established that in the mentioned period he created more than sixty-five works, mostly portraits (six of them
they certainly still exist today). The aforementioned knowledge sheds a completely new light on the career that Paul Petrovits had in the USA.
краља Стефана Првовенчаног и првог путовања Саве Немањића, првог српског архиепископа, у Свету земљу. У њему се износи претпоставка да је Првовенчани умро 1223, а да је Сава предузео поменуто ходочашће 1228. године.После детаљне анализе сматрамо и даље да је највероватнији датум смрти Стефана Првовенчаног 24. септембар 1227, а да је сасвим извесно да је архипеископ Сава Немањић кренуо на своје прво ходочашће у Свету земљу средином или почетком друге половине маја 1229. године