Content and Symbolics of Polychromy in Cistercian Church in Jędrzejów (outline of issues) Cover Image

Treści i symbolika polichromii w kościele cystersów w Jędrzejowie (zarys problematyki)
Content and Symbolics of Polychromy in Cistercian Church in Jędrzejów (outline of issues)

Author(s): Lucyna Rotter
Subject(s): History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: symbolics; polychromy; cisterian church; Jędrzejów

Summary/Abstract: A close theological and artistic co-operation has been observed in religious art since the Middle Ages. In the Baroque this co-operation was best revealed in monumental decorations inside churches. An example of it is the polychromy in the abbot church in Jędrzejów, whose author was Andrzej Radwański. Intention plan includes both theological content and issues connected with spirituality and activity of the Cistercian order. The history of the Jędrzejów Abbey was particularly emphasized and so was the person of the Blessed Wincenty Kadłubek, who was connected with it. A correlation between historical and symbolical depictions is very interesting; a method often used by Radwański in his monumental decorative painting.

  • Issue Year: 10/2004
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 327-338
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish