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 | | Thus, the Early Croatian churches are not only monuments of sacral architecture but the most important historical records of the period, for on the architraves and entablature of altar screens, on portals or ciboria, along with the plaitwork ornamentation are carved the names of Croatian princes, local leaders and distinguished persons. |
 | | The art of the period of the independent Croatian state, from the first known princes in the 9th century to the death of the last king of the national dynasty in 1093, i. |
 | | Following the usual early medieval scheme of iconographic perspective (which is applied and reappears in all "primitive" art, in all "naives" from Mesopotamia and Egyptian reliefs to contemporary peasant art and children's drawings), the monumentality of this composition is ensured by employing size to denote importance. |
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