MACEDONIAN ART

It should be clearly stated that this section of the Web Site refers to the arts and culture in Macedonia from 1946 to the present day. This is to avoid any confusion that might emerge from the majority of other Web Site's sub-topics that refer to particular aspects of the arts, such as fresco painting, icon painting, etc.

Post-War Macedonian Literature.

In the liberated Macedonia conditions necessary for a full development and prosperity in the cultural life of the Macedonian people had emanated. They gave birth to several generations of prominent literature authors. In the beginning dominating were poets, and subsequently also authors from other literature fields.

In the poetic field, the first generation of poets included Aco Sopov, Slavko Janevski, Blaze Konevski, and Gogo Ivanovski, whose works were characterised by heroic and patriotic lyrics inspired by the topics of the People's Liberation War, the restoration, and the development of the country. In the fifties the second generation of the Post-War poets emerged, with the works influenced by the modern world poetry... page

Post-war painting art.

In contrast to the literature, in the late XIX century the last threads that linked Macedonian painting art with its millennium long tradition were severely cut. Then a period of romantic depictions of sunsets started developing rapidly. However, merging with the contemporary European artistic movements accelerated with the emergence of the Macedonian moderna movement in the twenties. Adopting them with a delay, and following the violent changes in the European arts from the distance, the Macedonian artists started showing an increased interest in joining those rapid streams, but also their own painting tradition as well... page

Theatrics, music, and film.

Also the theatrics, music, and film play an important role in Macedonia's cultural life.

Only a few months after the liberation, with the decision of the Presidium of ASNOM dated 31 January 1945, the Macedonian National Theatre (MNT) was established as the first Macedonian professional theatre, in 1946 the Drama Theatre, and in 1949 the Theatre of Minorities, all in Skopje. National Theatres were also formed in Bitola (1944), Stip, Strumica, Prilep, Kumanovo, and in other Macedonian cities. Numerous Macedonian actors have since excelled on the theatre stages, including Todor Nikolovki, Petre Prlicko, Darko Damevski, and Risto Shiskov... page

Carving in Macedonia

In Macedonia the carving activity was flourishing, particularly from the XVII century on. Unfortunately, a small number of carvings from the preceding centuries (14th and 15th) have been preserved. However, the preserved ones prove that the carving in Macedonia was highly developed. In the fast development of the carving art in Macedonia in the XVII century Mount Athos played a major role. Under the influence of the centre for artistic carvings of Mount Athos, in other parts of Macedonia opulent iconostases were made. Some of them still adorn certain Macedonian churches - St. Archangel in the village of Kuceviste, the region of Skopje; St. Nikola in the village of Slepce, the region of Prilep; etc. During the XVIII and the subsequent centuries the development of the carving was even faster.

Fresco Painting

Macedonian frescoes are among the most beautiful in the Byzantine art. The mixture of Oriental picturesqueness and Christian culture resulted in frescoes whose artistic value fascinates everybody, including the art reviewers... page

Icon painting

Those icons that survived numerous robberies of the Macedonian churches and monasteries are the testimony of the artistic value of the usually anonimous Macedonian painters. Here you will encounter numerous pieces of information and even more abundant photographs of these cultural threasures... page