The magnificent works from the splendid Bukovac’s collection, such as Croatian Revival, Gundulić’s Dream, or Dubravka, leave no one indifferent. On the contrary, the interplay of characters and richness of colors awaken something more than just a visual experience within us. The refinement of the figures, the dynamism of the composition, the richness of details, … Read more
… And the morning dawned. Dew fell, Glistening in large drops. The morning star shines. The wide leaves of the jasmine tremble and quiver. Vladimir Vidrić, Morning Slava Raškaj, Self-portrait Slava Raškaj (January 2, 1877 – March 29, 1906) Anyone who mentions the biography and paintings of Slava Raškaj always adds a few lines of … Read more
Experiences gained before puberty are deeply ingrained in our personality and stay with us for a lifetime, while imagination and dreams are the invisible fabric of our being and often the main drivers of our actions. That is why children’s literature plays a significant role in shaping character and attitudes towards value systems. Great writers … Read more
The first association with the poet Ratko Zvrko is the unforgettable character of Grga Čvarko or the poems Moja baka and Maćuhica. Let’s remember… Ratko Zvrko was a Croatian writer, journalist, translator, and boxer who initially published his poems under the pseudonym Marijan Vučić in periodicals and in numerous collections and picture books. He was … Read more
My life is a beautiful story, happy and full of events. It’s as if, when I was a boy and ventured into the world, poor and without friends, a good fairy met me and said: “Choose your own life path now, and what you will strive for, and I will guide and protect you until … Read more
“Whoever penetrates the meaning of my music will be liberated from the misery in which other people suffer.” – Beethoven Beethoven is one of the greatest musicians: unparalleled in many ways, a role model of artistic greatness and ethical strength. His musical art is one of the most sublime manifestations of the human mind. And … Read more
We know more about St. Francis than any other medieval saint. Two years after his death, his disciple Thomas of Celano prepared the biography The Legend of the First and Second, and the Franciscan St. Bonaventura (1221-1274) wrote his biography in the works The Major Legend and The Minor Legend. Some original writings of Francis … Read more
Our life is a long road. When you’re young, it seems endless, and you live with a feeling that everything is ahead of you and that you have plenty of time, so much so that you don’t even know how to use it and what to fill it with. At the end of life, when … Read more
Dr. Maria Montessori (1870 – 1952), famous for her pedagogical approach that changed the prevailing view of children and childhood, known as the Montessori method, is also recognized as the first woman in Italy to obtain a medical degree despite prejudices. Her method emerged from the need to help children living on the streets, with … Read more
Human beings, of course, require more or less enclosed spaces to live; it is their living space… similar to the “territory” that animals mark for themselves. We all need to set certain goals, go through trials, endure failures, celebrate successes, and thousands of other things that only reveal to us the horror of the emptiness … Read more
