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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

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1918: Austria-Hungary collapses at the end of the war. Bosnia-Herzegovina becomes part of the kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

1941: Bosnia-Herzegovina annexed by pro-Hitler Croatian puppet state. Thousands of Serbs, Jews, and Gypsies are sent to death camps.

1945: Bosnia-Herzegovina liberated following campaign by partisans under Tito.

1945-1991: Bosnia is part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1991: Following collapse of communism, nationalists win first multi-party elections and form coalition government despite having conflict goals: Muslim nationalists want centralized independent Bosnia, Serb nationalists want to stay in Belgrade-dominated rump Yugoslavia, Croats want to join independent Croatian state.

1992: Croat and Muslim nationalists form tactical alliance and outvote Serbs at independence referendum. Serb nationalists are incensed as constitution stipulates that all major decisions must be reached through consensus. War breaks out and Serbs quickly assume control of over half the republic. Ethnic cleansing is rampant in the newly proclaimed Serb Republic but also widespread in Muslim and Croat-controlled areas.

1995:The defeat of the Bosnian Serb forces led to the realization that a settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina must be negotiated as soon as possible, leading to a peace agreement. This agreement, called the Dayton Accords, was signed in Dayton, Ohio, on December 14, 1995. The Accords ended the conflict in Bosnia and stationed 60,000 NATO troops to keep the peace. The initial purpose of the Dayton Accords was to act as a transitory document and to freeze military confrontation. However, there were various shortcomings. The agreement has been criticized for allowing international actors to shape the post-war transition, without input form the Bosnian people and government. It also left the region politically unstable and fractious since its implementation in 1995.

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Baroque

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