[1] He received his elementary education in his hometown, Oreovica, Kuseljevo, Svilajnac and in Kragujevac he attended high school.
[3] The main area of scientific research of Vladimir Petkovic was Serbian medieval art, especially fresco painting.
He gained his knowledge during his extensive fieldwork, after which he published numerous articles and monographic studies on Serbian medieval monasteries, churches, and paintings.
He published well-known collections of material on medieval frescoes in Serbia and Macedonia, and his review of church monuments is particularly significant.
He was also the first to pay attention to the importance of late medieval monuments - the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, part of which he published.