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SERBIAN SALON

This salon, along with the Yugoslavia Hall, re- located in the middle part of the salon and
presents the largest space unit which serves scenes on the columns are chronologically
especially for great ceremonial receptions in order in a manner to represent the events
Tito’s time. The floor of this salon is covered from wars (like ones on the Trajan’s column
with unique carpets with stylized representa- in Rome). The columns are enveloped with
tions of traditional Serbian motifs according plates of copper sheet with relief made by for-
to the paintings of painter Lazar Vujaklija. All ging technique.
three carpets are imagined as unique thema- As a thematic supplement to the columns,
tic whole. There are stylized representations two wall reliefs were made according to the
of domestic animals, cities and landscapes of idea of sculptor Nebojša Mitrić, one depicting
Serbia on two carpets but the carpet contai- the conquest of Belgrade by the Ottomans in
ning simplified representations of motif from 1806 and the other the scene from hunt. An
Serbian modern history is especially interes- unequivocal analogy is made to the images
ting. The motif on the mentioned carpet with from the art of Mesopotamia and Egypt trans-
wild boars and spears pointing in their direc- ferred to our historical narratives and legends.
tion was taken from the Serbian flags under Two large canvases by painter Predrag Pe-
which the Great Serbian Vožd Karađorđe led dja Milosavljević, «Dubrovnik» with motifs of
the Serbian people to the battle for final libe- coastal city of Dubrovnik and «Konak Kneza
ration from the Ottomans in XIX century. The Miloša», [Mansion of Prince Miloš], with city
carpets were handmade in Pirot weaving fac- motifs of the Serbian capital, are a testimony
tory and have 40,000 knots per m . 2 of an artist who was, for a reason, one of the
Similar historical themes that encompass the members of the Special Art Committee foun-
period from the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 ded by The Federal Executive Council in 1961,
to the Second World War in 1941 are repre- to monitor and decide on the selection of ap-
sented on two bronze columns made by Ra- plied and fine art artworks for the furnishing
tomir Stojadinović in 1961. The columns are of the Palace interior.