THE DESTINY OF RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE OF LATGALE (Latgales arhitekturas vestures petniecibas likteni)

• Authors: Kaminska Ruta
• Languages of publication: LV

Abstracts

EN

If we analyze the accomplishments of Latvia's art specialists thus far, we see that one of the most important areas of work has been research into the history of architecture in various parts of the country. Traditions of researching the architecture of Latgale have developed in several phases. Thus, for example, authors working in the region in the first half of the 20th century developed themes which appeared in the work of professional art and architecture historians in the late 19th and early 20th century (among them Wilhelm Neumann) - a look at important churches and Medieval castles in Latgale in the context of the Baltic region. Monuments in Latgale were also reviewed in the context of Latvia's entire artistic heritage (Boris Vipper). Arturs Krumins, for his part, produced a monograph on the 18th century architecture in Latgale, Most of the attention during this period was devoted to older architectural monuments, and the idea that Latgale's architecture is unique in some way was associated at that time with the concept of 'Lettigalian Baroque'. In the latter half of the 20th century, too, Latgale has most often been considered in the context of Latvian architecture as whole. The range of historical periods, comprising specific phenomena under investigation, however, expanded. Architecture from the 18th to the 20th century has been studied extensively (Dainis Brugis, Janis Zilgalvis, Ieva Lancmane, Janis Krastins, etc.). Monuments from Latgale have increasingly been appearing in encyclopedic or summarizing publications devoted to the broader Northeastern European region Jurijs Vasiljevs, etc.). Polish researchers have particularly been interested in Latgale. This has been seen in attributions (Kazimierz Glowacki, Stanislaw Lorentz), in searches for stylistic expressions in certain eras (Zbigniew Homung), and in the context of studying philanthropic work and the activities of spiritual orders (Andrzej Baranovski, Jerzy Paszenda, et al.).

Keywords

EN

ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS; BAROQUE; LATGALE; LATGALIA; SACRED ARCHITECTURE

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Publishing House 'Neputns', Terbatas iela 49/51-8, Riga LV-1011, Latvia; www.neputns.lv
• Journal: Materiali Latvijas makslas vesturei
• Year: 2001
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 69-79
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kaminska Ruta

• Ruta Kaminska, State Inspection for Heritage Protection, Maza Pils iela 19, Riga LV-1050, Latvia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

01LVAAAA08916