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156 Dr Aleksandar Kadijevi} NZ27/2003

Dr Aleksandar Kadijevi}

ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE OF BELFRY
OF CHURCH OF ST. BASIL OSTRO[KI IN PRIJEPOLJE

In front of the basilica of St. Basil Ostro{ki (1881–1894) in Prijepolje ten
meters on the west of the front of temple, a new belfry was built in 1933. Which
with it s unusual appearance attracts attention of an architecture interpreters. Built
in the middle of center of a post oriental small town, situated on the right bank of
the river Lim, for seventy years represents starting point of it s urban composition.
As a product of builder and painter Milan Mini} (Prijepolje 1889 — Belgrade
1961), in artistic historiography it was connected with historic but also with mod-
ern streams in the European building. His specific, for a small town ambiance un-
expected, unusual appearance too was emphasized. On this occasion interpretati-
ons up to now we complement with new notices.
Mini} in Prijepolje affirmed synthetic conception of a national style, enric-
hed with elements of curbed expressionism and Art Deco, and he firmly believed
that quality of architectonic work is encountered in his human standard, instead in
satisfaction of principle of modern or in stylistic linguistic »cleanness«. Approach
like that of a sustained stylistic polymorph, was not accepted by one-sided progres-
sively appropriated critics.
The belfry created by Mini}, like his other works, is unique product of ima-
gination and interpretation of different ideological aesthetic paradigms. Avoiding
semantically, one-way stylistic »pure« solution hi was conscious renounced from
publicity. Without regard to problematic starting point in Prijepolje he pulled anot-
her risky artistic line.