Sgrafito Josefa Kučíka v kostele Nejsvětější Trojice v New Norcii
Josef Kučík’s Sgraffito Murals in the Church of the Holy Trinity, New Norcia

Summary/Abstract: In 1967 the Benedictine community at New Norcia, Western Australia, commissioned a mural of the Stations of the Cross for the Church of the Holy Trinity from the Czech-born artist, Josef Kučík (1912–1993). This mural is unusual because it is executed in sgraffito and extends beyond the traditional fourteen scenes to include supplementary pictures, some of which are connected with the history of the Benedictine order in New Norcia. After describing the motivation and overall structure of the Stations of the Cross, the article focuses on five representative scenes from the cycle and analyses their structure, style and their place in the iconographic program.

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