Parish Church of St. John the Baptist in Sveti Ivan Zelina: History and Construction in the Context of Style Pluralism in the First Half of the 19th Century
U članku se obrađuje povijest izgradnje župne crkve sv. Ivana Krstitelja u Svetom Ivanu Zelini. Prvotna crkva podignuta je u srednjem vijeku, a od nje je danas preostao jedino zvonik. U novovjekovnom je razdoblju crkva bila često obnavljana, a osobito u 18. stoljeću kada je poprimila barokni izgled. Između 1828. i 1839. godine crkva je porušena i sagrađena je nova, s tim da je zadržan srednjovjekovni zvonik. Zvonik je tom prigodom povišen te je dobio bočne prigradnje, a samim time je formirano i novo, šire, glavno pročelje crkve. Pročelja crkve tada su oblikovana u mješovitim stilskim oblicima, pri čemu na sakristiji uočavamo elemente klasicizma, a na zvoniku i njegovim prigradnjama plitke, slijepe arkade sa šiljastim lukovima, što predstavlja ranu pojavu neogotike u hrvatskoj arhitekturi. Prostorno oblikovanje crkve razmatra se u kontekstu sličnih primjera crkava u sjeverozapadnoj Hrvatskoj te općenito stilskih tendencija u prvoj polovini 19. stoljeća.The paper discusses the construction history of the Church of St. John the Baptist in the town of Sveti Ivan Zelina. The church was initially erected in the medieval times, from which period dates its bell-tower. In the early modern period, the church has undergone multiple renovations, especially in the 18th century when it got a baroque outlook. Between 1828 and 1839, the church was demolished, and a new structure was erected on its place, with the exception of the bell-tower, which was preserved but upgraded to its current height. The project resulted in a completely new, mixed style design, composed of the late baroque, neo-classicist and neo-gothic elements. The interior, surmounted with sail vaults and the so-called vaulted arches in the nave, is a typical late-baroque space. The inlaid window axes on the sacristy façade represent a neo-classical feature, while the bell-tower and its side annexes were articulated with blind pointed arches, this being one of the earliest occurrences of the Gothic Revival style in the history of Croatian architecture. The design of the church is analyzed in the context of similar churches built in the north-western Croatia and, generally, in view of the stylistic tendencies in the first half of the 19th century
