Dušan is an art historian and graduate of the University of Belgrade, specializing in the medieval art of Eastern Europe and 19th-century European art. Formerly a museum and cultural heritage worker, he spends most of his free time and research on interdisciplinary work between art history and psychology.
Areas of Expertise
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
Dissatisfied with contemporary culture and artistic trends, Symbolist artists believed art should synthesize form and feeling, reality and inner subjectivity.
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
Félicien Rops' art is full of satiric, demonic, and erotic themes, supposed to hold a mirror to contemporary society's repressive and hypocritical standards and morals.
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
Franz von Stuck is best known for transforming traditional, biblical, and mythological subjects into symbols of modern life during the fin-de-siècle.
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
Ambiguous and often dark Symbolist art depicts a highly artificial world of fantasy, myth, and dreams.
10 of Franz von Stuck’s Best Artworks
Franz von Stuck’s art, with sinister elements of Symbolism and decorativeness of Art Nouveau, made him one of the most celebrated German artists at the turn of the 20th century.
What Is Symbolism? From Femmes Fatales to Exoticism
Between traditional academic and emerging modern art, new spiritual currents in European culture gave way to the Symbolism movement, initially in poetry and later in visual arts.
The Importance of Gilded Manuscript Illumination in the Carolingian Dynasty
Manuscript illumination under the rulers of the Carolingian dynasty and its turn toward classical culture marked an important point in the development of Western European art.
Year 1000: The Time of Great Cathedrals in Western Europe
From the 10th century onward, medieval Christians anxiously prepared for the Last Judgment. In doing so, they built some of the most magnificent European cathedrals.
A Timeline of European Architecture in the Middle Ages
From the late Roman period across Carolingian architecture to the international styles of Romanesque and Gothic, medieval architecture shows a great variety that is rarely recognized.
Darwinism in Max Klinger’s Art
Though often forgotten, Darwinism had a significant influence not only in the natural sciences but also art. It defined how artists like Max Klinger viewed the world around them.
10 of Max Klinger’s Most Incredible Artworks
Engaging with social criticism, human psychology, and the subjective self, Max Klinger’s art paved the way for modern art movements such as Expressionism, Surrealism, and New Objectivity.
Max Klinger: A Symbolist in Art & Life
Max Klinger is one of the best-known Symbolist artists of the 19th century in Germany, whose art paved the way for future movements of modern art.