Editing Croats (section)

===Arts===
{{Main|Croatian art|Architecture of Croatia|Croatian literature}}
[[File:Sculpture of Gregorious of Nin - Split - Croatia.jpg|thumb|255px|left|[[Gregory of Nin|Grgur Ninski]] statue by [[Ivan Meštrović]], with a tower of the [[Diocletian's Palace]] in the background]]
Architecture in Croatia reflects the influences of bordering nations. Austrian and Hungarian influence is visible in public spaces and buildings in the north and in the central regions, architecture found along the coasts of Dalmatia and Istria exhibits Venetian influence.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clissold|first1=Stephen|first2=Henry Clifford|last2=Darby|title=A short history of Yugoslavia from early times to 1966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_G43AAAAIAAJ|access-date=30 November 2011|year=1968|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press|CUP Archive]]|isbn=978-0-521-09531-0|pages=51–52|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927203725/https://books.google.com/books?id=_G43AAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Large squares named after culture heroes, well-groomed parks, and pedestrian-only zones, are features of these orderly towns and cities, especially where large scale [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] urban planning took place, for instance in [[Varaždin]] and [[Karlovac]].<ref name="JL-Karlovac-Baroque">{{cite news|newspaper=Jutarnji list|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/najljepsi-gradovi-sjeverne-hrvatske---karlovac--ozalj--ogulin/877654|title=Najljepši gradovi Sjeverne Hrvatske – Karlovac, Ozalj, Ogulin|trans-title=The Most Beautiful Cities of the Northern Croatia – Karlovac, Ozalj, Ogulin|language=hr|date=14 August 2010|access-date=10 October 2011|archive-date=4 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504001433/http://www.jutarnji.hr/najljepsi-gradovi-sjeverne-hrvatske---karlovac--ozalj--ogulin/877654/|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequent influence of the [[Art Nouveau]] was reflected in contemporary architecture.<ref name="IPU-Art-Nouveau">{{cite journal|journal=Radovi Instituta Za Povijest Umjetnosti|issn=0350-3437|url=http://www.hart.hr/uploads/documents/354.pdf|publisher=Institute of Art History (Croatia)|language=hr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721100230/http://www.hart.hr/uploads/documents/354.pdf|author=Darja Radović Mahečić|title=Sekvenca secesije – arhitekt Lav Kalda|archive-date=21 July 2011|trans-title=Sequence of the Art Nouveau – Architect Lav Kalda|year=2006|volume=30|pages= 241–264|access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref> Along the coast, the architecture is Mediterranean with a strong Venetian and Renaissance influence in major urban areas exemplified in works of [[Giorgio da Sebenico]] and [[Niccolò Fiorentino]] such as the [[Šibenik Cathedral|Cathedral of St. James]] in [[Šibenik]].
The oldest preserved examples of Croatian architecture are the 9th-century churches, with the largest and the most representative among them being the [[Church of St. Donatus]].<ref name="MVPEI-Art">{{cite web|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (Croatia) |url=http://www.mfa.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1467 |title=CROATIAN ART HISTORY – OVERVIEW OF PREHISTORY |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007184122/http://www.mfa.hr/MVP.asp?pcpid=1467 |archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="TZZadar-Donat">{{cite web|publisher=Zadar Tourist Board|url=http://www.tzzadar.hr/en/city-guide/historical-monuments/23-05-2007/church-of-saint-donat|title=Church of Saint Donat|access-date=10 October 2011|archive-date=24 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324042000/http://www.tzzadar.hr/en/city-guide/historical-monuments/23-05-2007/church-of-saint-donat}}</ref>

Besides the architecture encompassing the oldest artworks in Croatia, there is a long history of artists in Croatia reaching to the Middle Ages. In that period the stone portal of the [[Trogir Cathedral]] was made by [[Radovan (master)|Radovan]], representing the most important monument of [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] sculpture in Croatia. The [[Renaissance in Croatia|Renaissance]] had the greatest impact on the Adriatic Sea coast since the remainder of Croatia was embroiled in the [[Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War]]. With the waning of the Ottoman Empire, art flourished during the [[Baroque]] and [[Rococo]]. The 19th and the 20th centuries brought about the affirmation of numerous Croatian artisans, helped by several patrons of the arts such as bishop [[Josip Juraj Strossmayer]].<ref name="Essehist-Strossmayer">{{cite journal|journal=Essehist|publisher=[[University of Osijek]] – Faculty of Philosophy|issn=1847-6236|date=September 2011|volume=2|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=95675|title=Josip Juraj Strossmayer – Rođeni Osječanin|trans-title=Josip Juraj Strossmayer – Native of Osijek|language=hr|pages=70–73|author=Pavao Nujić|access-date=10 October 2011|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213020531/http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=95675|url-status=live}}</ref> Croatian artists of the period achieving worldwide renown were [[Vlaho Bukovac]] and [[Ivan Meštrović]].<ref name="MVPEI-Art"/>

The [[Baška tablet]], a stone inscribed with the Glagolitic alphabet found on the [[Krk]] island which is dated to 1100, is considered to be the oldest surviving prose in Croatian.<ref name="KRK-Baška">{{cite web|publisher=Island of Krk Tourist Board|url=http://www.krk.hr/en/offer/attractions/the_baska_tablet|title=The Baška tablet|access-date=13 October 2011|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502052935/http://www.krk.hr/en/offer/attractions/the_baska_tablet|url-status=dead}}</ref> The beginning of more vigorous development of Croatian literature is marked by the Renaissance and [[Marko Marulić]]. Besides Marulić, Renaissance playwright [[Marin Držić]], Baroque poet [[Ivan Gundulić]], [[Croatian national revival]] poet [[Ivan Mažuranić]], novelist, playwright and poet [[August Šenoa]], poet and writer [[Antun Gustav Matoš]], poet [[Antun Branko Šimić]], [[Expressionism|expressionist]] and [[Literary realism|realist]] writer [[Miroslav Krleža]], poet [[Tin Ujević]] and novelist and short story writer [[Ivo Andrić]] are often cited as the greatest figures in Croatian literature.<ref name="LZMK">{{cite web|publisher=[[Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute]]|url=http://www.lzmk.hr/hr/vijesti-zavoda/iz-medija/524-hrvatska-knjizevnost-u-270000-redaka-vjesnik|date=11 February 2011|language=hr|title=Hrvatska književnost u 270.000 redaka|trans-title=Croatian Literature in 270,000 Lines|access-date=13 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217062534/http://www.lzmk.hr/hr/vijesti-zavoda/iz-medija/524-hrvatska-knjizevnost-u-270000-redaka-vjesnik|archive-date=17 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYT-Readerguide">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D91531F93BA25757C0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=A Reader's Guide to the Balkans|author=Robert D. Kaplan|date=18 April 1993|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=9 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209011431/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D91531F93BA25757C0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>