Kauno Šv. Kryžiaus Bažnyčios Skliautų Sienų Tapybos Plastiné Raiška Ir Ikonografija
The Plastic Expression and Iconography of the Mural Paintings of the Vaults in the Church of the Holy Cross in Kaunas

Summary/Abstract: The mural paintings that decorate the vaults in the church of the Holy Cross in Kaunas are already known in Lithuanian art criticism; still they have not been analyzed as individual objects or clearly attributed. This article aims to explore these works of art in aspects of form and content and also to determine their possible date and authorship. Research showed that in 1898 Tyrolean artist Jonas Kerle created seventeen compositions, Kerle’s compositions cover the older frescos on the decline that date back to the end of the 17th c. - the beginning of 18th c. They are united by iconographic programme, whose main theme is the Mysteries of Jesus Christ. Only the painting in the main dome representing the Prophet Elijah, founder of the Carmelite order, was created in the second half of the 18th c. by order of the Carmelite friars.

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