Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo

The Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo (Bosnian: Akademija likovnih umjetnosti Sarajevo / Академија ликовних умјетности Сарајево, acronym: ALU) is a faculty within the University of Sarajevo in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, dedicated to the fine arts.[2]

Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo
Akademija likovnih umjetnosti Sarajevo
Академија ликовних умјетности Сарајево
TypeFaculty
Established1972 (1972)
Religious affiliation
not determinated (any or none)
Academic affiliation
University of Sarajevo
DeanDubravka Pozderac-Lejlić[1]
Administrative staff
9
Students2,666
Undergraduates1,212 (as of May 2012)
Address
Obala Maka Dizdara 3
,
Sarajevo
,
71000
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina

43°51′21.6″N 18°25′4.44″E
CampusUrban
LanguageBosnian/Croatian/Serbian
Websitewww.alu.unsa.ba
The Academy of Fine Arts in 2013

It was established in 1972 as an institution of higher education[3] by eminent professors, scientists, and acclaimed artists who were educated primarily in Belgrade, Ljubljana, and Zagreb.[4]

History

The then-newly established Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo was first located in the building of the Pedagogical Academy in Sarajevo. At the same time, the home of today's ALU was the first and only evangelist church constructed in the times of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of BiH.

The church was built in 1899 and designed by the architect Karlo Paržik in a Romanesque-Byzantine style. The building was devastated in early 1992 at the start of the Bosnian War. The church was proclaimed a cultural-historical monument and is therefore included on the list of protected buildings by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage.[4]

Muhamed Karamehmedović (an art historian and the first dean of ALU), Nada Pivac (an academic painter), Mersad Berber (an academic painter), Boro Aleksić (another academic painter), Alija Kučukalić (an academic sculptor), and Zdenko Grgić (another academic sculptor) are some of the famous professors and founders of the Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo.[4]

As of December 2019, the academy has had 2,666[4] enrolled students since its establishment; by May 2012, it had recorded 1,212 graduates for undergraduate study.[5] Postgraduate studies were introduced in 1983.[4] There are 237 Masters students (M. A. degree).[4]

The academy houses six departments that offer a multitude of courses:[4]

  1. Department of Art Education
  2. Department of Painting
  3. Department of Sculpting
  4. Department of Printmaking
  5. Department of Graphic Design
  6. Department of Product Design

The Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo introduced the Bologna educational system (4+1) in the 2006/07 school year.[4]

In front of the building itself, there is a pedestrian bridge that connects Radić Street with the academy. The bridge on the Miljacka river bears the phrase "Festina lente" (meaning "make haste slowly" in Latin). The 38 meter structure cost about 2 million KM, and was based on conceptual ideas and preliminary design by then students in their second year of Product Design at ALU: Amila Hrustić, Adnan Alagić and Bojan Kanlić.[6][7]

ALU in 1900
  • ALU before sanation
    ALU before sanation
  • ALU after sanation
    ALU after sanation
  • ALU
    ALU
  • ALU in spring
    ALU in spring
  • ALU at night, 2009
    ALU at night, 2009
  • Bridge "Festina lente" in front of ALU
    Bridge "Festina lente" in front of ALU

See also

References
  1. Organisational structure of ALU. www.alu.unsa.ba. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. "Univerzitet u Sarajevu — Fakulteti i akademije". unsa.ba (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. "Trenutačni i opšti ciljevi ALU".
  4. "Academy of Fine Arts". alu.unsa.ba. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. "Akademija likovnih umetnosti" (in Bosnian). alu.unsa.ba. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. "Sarajlije od večeras mogu koristiti novi most na Miljacki" (in Bosnian). mojportal.ba. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  7. "Festina Lente most preko reke Miljacke ispred ALU" (in Bosnian). mojlaboratorij.wordpress.com. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

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