Renate Wagner-Rieger and the History of Croatian Historicist Architecture

Abstract

The work of Renate Wagner-Rieger was crucial in reviving interest in 19th-century architecture and in its inclusion in Croatia’s national history of art. The use of stylistic terms, periodization of 19th-century architecture, particularly historicism, and Renate Wagner-Rieger’s method of organizing the text within monographs on the history of architecture of cities or areas according to building types have had a remarkable influence on how similar topics are treated in Croatian art history.

Keywords

• historicism
• 19th-century architecture
• Renate Wagner-Rieger
• art history in Croatia
• history of art history