STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS IN NOVI SAD AND ITS SOURROUNDINGS

1>i our c o unt ry, l i t t l e h as b e en p u b l ished about stained-glass u\u27indows as works of visual a>id applied art. Abundance of thi s fund, especially in the nor thern par ts of the coirntry, can only be speculated. It can be said for sr>re, t)rorrgh, that they u ere crenfed i» an ahnosl unalfered > nedieval technique, and that i nterest i n t hi s way of i » terior enrich»rent uns ar isen only in th e s econd half of Results obtai»ed by studying preserved stained-glass windou\u27s in No>i Sad and i t s sur roundings indicate that »>ost of the» i u\u27e>e»rađe i>i the f i rst decade of the 20tlr century and t l i n l th i s p r o d uct ion u\u27ns (not by c ) rance, nccordi>ig to o»r opinion) c/ose/y linked wit h penetratio>i of Secession r>i the cities of So»th Panonia. Betiveen tu>o u ars nnd >>nIil a f eu \u27 y ears ago, theve u\u27as practically no interest in stai>ied-glass ui>idou\u27s, except for feu i solafeđ u\u27orks. Today, along u\u27ith an increased de»rand on the >narkel for Secessio>rist n»tiquities,u\u27e are u i t nesses lo the appearance of numerous handicraft interiors consiste »tly arranged nccorđing to the sfyle of Secession or i t s re>riiniscences, nccompanied by use of sfained-glass u>indo>v đecorations (uindows, >nirrors, niches, lamps, etc). sfai»ed-glass uindous hn>e been recorded. Chronologically, they range f ro>n 1894 to 19 86. Stylistically, ec/ecticis>n prevails, follou\u27ed by Secession and quite individual stylistic expressions. Most of these stnined-glass ivindows weremade by painters fro>i> Biiđapest, those front the Stanišićs\u27 workshops front So»>bor and, recently, by Jovan Bikicki, a pai»tei. fro>n Novi Sad