Jerolim Kavanjin
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Jerolim Kavanjin Croatian
poet of the Late Baroque
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He was born in a wealthy and noble family of Split, as a descendant of Croaticised Italian family of Cavagnini. Kavanjin rose to prominence at the same time as Ignjat Đurđević: at the beginning of the 18th century. In his summer mansion on Sutivan
, on the island of Brač
, where he retired after military and legislative career, he unleashed his poetical genius to write the most voluminous poetical work in the whole Croatian literature
(approx. 32 500 verses): Poviest vanđelska bogatoga a nesretna Epuluna i ubogoga a čestita Lazara, usually referred to by the later editors, according to the subtitle in the original, as Bogatstvo i uboštvo. This religious-philosophical epic is poetically inconsistent but stylistically marked (it is written, beside Split Čakavian, in Ijekavian-Ikavian Štokavian).
Expressing the spirit of philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries, this "encyclopædia in verses" (Josip Aranza) directs its Baroque spirituality towards the cogitation on life and human essentiality in the dual nature of the human and the divine.
Beside the classical humanistic, Latinate and Italian literatures (Dante
), the Bible
and other religious writings, and beside the historical authors (Constantine Porphyrogenitus, priest of Duklja
, Mavro Orbini
), writings of the Old Dubrovnik
have constituted the basic Kavanjin's reading list, above others Junije Palmotić
and Ivan Gundulić
Croatian language
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poet of the Late Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
.
He was born in a wealthy and noble family of Split, as a descendant of Croaticised Italian family of Cavagnini. Kavanjin rose to prominence at the same time as Ignjat Đurđević: at the beginning of the 18th century. In his summer mansion on Sutivan
Sutivan
Sutivan is a town on the island of Brač, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. It has a population of 759 , 93% which are Croats....
, on the island of Brač
Brac
Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of 396 km², making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. Its tallest peak, Vidova Gora, or Mount St. Vid, stands at 778 m, making it the highest island point in the Adriatic...
, where he retired after military and legislative career, he unleashed his poetical genius to write the most voluminous poetical work in the whole Croatian literature
Croatian literature
Croatian literature is a definition given to the compilation of novels, dramas, short stories, poems and other various work of written kind entirely attributed to the medieval and modern culture of the Croats and the Croatian language....
(approx. 32 500 verses): Poviest vanđelska bogatoga a nesretna Epuluna i ubogoga a čestita Lazara, usually referred to by the later editors, according to the subtitle in the original, as Bogatstvo i uboštvo. This religious-philosophical epic is poetically inconsistent but stylistically marked (it is written, beside Split Čakavian, in Ijekavian-Ikavian Štokavian).
Expressing the spirit of philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries, this "encyclopædia in verses" (Josip Aranza) directs its Baroque spirituality towards the cogitation on life and human essentiality in the dual nature of the human and the divine.
Beside the classical humanistic, Latinate and Italian literatures (Dante
DANTE
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), the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
and other religious writings, and beside the historical authors (Constantine Porphyrogenitus, priest of Duklja
Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja
The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja is a medieval chronicle originally written by a Catholic monk of the Cistercian order by the name of Roger for the Croatian Ban Paul Šubić because an order form by Ban Šubić and a quote of Catholic monk have been discovered...
, Mavro Orbini
Mavro Orbini
Mavro Orbin was a writer, ideologue and historian from the Republic of Ragusa...
), writings of the Old Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
have constituted the basic Kavanjin's reading list, above others Junije Palmotić
Junije Palmotic
Junije Palmotić, was a Croatian baroque writer, Ragusan patrician, and dramatist from the Republic of Ragusa...
and Ivan Gundulić
Ivan Gundulic
Ivan Franov Gundulić is the most celebrated Croatian Baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa. His work embodies central characteristics of Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation: religious fervor, insistence on "vanity of this world" and zeal in opposition to "infidels." Gundulić's major...