John of Kastav
Illustration — John of Kastav. Detail of the painting of the church in Hrastovlje. 1490 John of Kastav (Johannes de Castua; Ivan iz Kastva; Janez iz Kastva Giovanni da Castua) was a 15th-century Istrian artist, a native of Kastav (Croatia).
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Illustration — John of Kastav. Detail of the painting of the church in Hrastovlje. 1490 John of Kastav (Johannes de Castua; Ivan iz Kastva; Janez iz Kastva Giovanni da Castua) was a 15th-century Istrian artist, a native of Kastav (Croatia).
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He painted the frescoes in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hrastovlje, which included a famous Danse Macabre. According to the inscription, which identifies the artist as magister Johannes de Castua, the frescoes were commissioned by Tomić Vrhović, the parish priest of Kubed, and completed in 1490.
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John of Kastav, Cerkev Sv. Helene, Gradišče pri Divači - freska 2
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John of Kastav, Cerkev Sv. Helene, Gradišče pri Divači - freska 3
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- 1.Norm Longley, The Rough Guide to Slovenia (2004), p. 189.
- 2.Tomislav Vignjević, Ples smrti: prispevki k ikonografiji mrtvaškega plesa v Bermu in v Hrastovljah. Koper: Založba Annales, 2007. With summaries in Italian and English: "La danza della morte: contributi all'iconografia della danza della morte di Vermo e Cristoglie"; "The Dance of Death: contributions to the iconography of the dance of death in Beram and Hrastovlje". . Reviewed by Barbara Španjol-Pandelo in Ikon, 1 (2008), pp. 295-298.
- 3.Fučić, Branko. Iz istarske spomeničke baštine. Matica hrvatska. 1. 318. 2006. 9789531507790.
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