03/06/2026
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀
Stones of Zadar. The Capital of Venetian Dalmatia
By Laris Borić
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The Committee for the Award of the Croatian Society of Art Historians grants the award in the category of scholarly or professional book to Dr. Larisa Borić for the monograph 'In between and on the Edge: Stones of Zadar, the Capital of Venetian Dalmatia', published in the international series 'Archipelagus. Architectural Culture of the Early Modern Adriatic'.
This scholarly grounded and methodologically innovative monograph offers a comprehensive interpretation of the architecture and sculpture of Zadar under Venetian rule from the mid-fifteenth to the end of the sixteenth century. The author approaches the material from a new perspective, examining architecture through the prism of sculpture and thereby placing at the centre of the study the work of stonecutters and builders who, in collaboration with patrons, shaped the visual identity of Renaissance Zadar. In doing so, Borić systematically connects previous scholarship with new archival findings, reinterprets well-known material, and presents a series of new discoveries, conclusions, and interpretations.
By being published by a prestigious international publishing house and made available in open access on the BrepolsOnline platform, Larisa Borić’s book significantly contributes to the international visibility of Croatian artistic heritage and contemporary research in Croatian art history. The Committee therefore recognizes this monograph as an outstanding scholarly contribution and awards it the annual prize of the Croatian Association of Art Historians.
