Folk sacral reverse glass paintings (Hinterglasmalerei) from the Painting Collection of the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb. Preventive, digital and interpretative analysis of the material – presentation of practical experience

Rad se temelji na neposrednom iskustvu stručne obrade pučkih sakralnih slika na staklu (Hinterglasmalerei) iz Zbirke slika Etnografskog muzeja u Zagrebu. Autorica daje interdisciplinaran prikaz preventivne zaštite građe, poslova dokumentacijske prirode, digitalne obrade građe u računalnom programu M++ te otvara mogućnost interpretacije svete slike na staklu s matičnog, etnološkog (kulturno-antropološkog) gledišta, i to u okviru pučke pobožnosti, odnosno vjerovanja u svece zaštitnike. U potencijalnom prezentacijskom smislu, ističe se potreba kontekstualizacije muzejskog predmeta (tzv. priča iza predmeta) koji recentna teorija ističe kao važan zadatak kustosa suvremenih muzeja.The paper is based on direct experience acquired in the professional processing of folk sacral reverse glass paintings in the Painting Collection of the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb. The author presents an interdisciplinary survey of preventive material protection, documentation tasks and digital material processing by using the M++ computer program. These provide the opportunity for the interpretation of sacral paintings from the basic ethnological (cultural-anthropological) view within the scope of folk piety, i.e., belief in patron saints. In terms of potential presentation the paper highlights the need to place the museum exhibit in a definite context (that is, provide the story behind the object), emphasised by recent theory as an important task of state-of-the-art museum curators