Some Remarks on Marcin Urbanik's Architectural Work

• Authors: Betlej Andrzej

Title variants

PL

Uwagi na temat twórczości architektonicznej Marcina Urbanika

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Until now Marcin Urbanik's architectural activities were underestimated in most studies devoted to the history of Lvov architecture. His activity formed a background for the achievements of Jan de Witte and Bernard Meretyn. Between 1745 and as late as 1764 the architect, who came from Zamosc, carried out repairs and participated in reconstruction of some sacral objects. Urbanik enjoyed special favours with the Palatine of Vilnius, Michal Kazimierz Radziwill, through whose good offices he was granted the position of the king's servitor and the title of royal architect. In 1753, following Urbanik's advice, the Dominicans decided to complete the construction of the Church of St Mary Magdalene and it is Urbanik who should be recognized as the author of the extension of the church. Among Urbanik's 'Lvov' accomplishments should also be counted his participation in the refashioning of the Sapieha/Lubomirski palace in Lvov and an iconographic record in the Art Collection of the W. Wernadski Scientific Library in Lvov. To him may also be attributed the Carmelite Church of St Martin in Lvov (consecrated in 1753) An archival reference of 1761served as a basis for ascribing to the artist the parish church at Buczacz (consecrated in 1764), the parish Uniate church at Horodenka (consecrated in 1766), the Dominican monastery at Bohorodczany (erected between 1742 and 1761), and recently also the extension of the Armenian church at Horodenka. However, it must be emphasized that the archival material confirms the artist's authorship practically only in the case of building operations in Lvov: For stylistic reasons the attributions of the bell tower by the Church of the Holy Ghost and of the facade of the Carmelite Church of St Martin appear to be most likely, as does Urbanik's participation in the construction of the Lubomirski palace. The letters of the starost of Kaniów may form the basis for the assertion that Urbanik worked on the building of the parish church at Buczacz and the Uniate church at Horodenka. It must, however, be most emphatically stated that they are stylistically dependent on Meretyn's structures and that in all likelihood they were built according to his designs. That is why these attributions as well as those of the remaining buildings on the territories south of Lvov should be regarded as doubtful.

Keywords

EN

URBANIK MARCIN - LVOV'S ARCHITECT

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Institute of History of Art
• Journal: Modus. Prace z historii sztuki
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 5-26
• Document type: ARTICLE

Dates

published

2002

Contributors

author

Betlej Andrzej

• Instytut Historii Sztuki UJ

• A. Betlej, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Historii Sztuki, ul. Grodzka 53, 31-003 Kraków, Poland

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06PLAAAA01553409