Przedstawienia dzieci w ikonografii witraży Adama Stalony-Dobrzańskiego

• Authors: Anna Siemieniec

Title variants

EN

The Presentations of Children in the Iconography of Adam Stalony-Dobrzański

Abstracts

EN

Adam Stalony-Dobrzański is an Orthodox artist who significantly influenced the image of the Orthodox art in the second half of the 20th century in Poland, and at the same time contributed to the renaissance of Byzantine-Ruthenian iconography. By popularizing the form of a stained glass window as an element of the Orthodox church interiors, he extended the tradition of Eastern Christian art, finding a medium in the form of glass and lead to express the mystery of the icon. He is the author of at least 342 stained glass compositions made for Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches. The multitude of iconographic themes appearing in Stalony-Dobrzański’s stained glass windows – referring to the centuries-old tradition of Christian art – features representations of children. These are the scenes showing the childhood of Jesus and Mary (the Orthodox church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gródek), presentations of St. Sophia with Faith, Hope and Love (the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Hajnówka, the House of the Metropolitan in Warsaw), the image of the Guardian Angel leading a child (the Catholic church of Our Lady of the Scapular in Stalowa Wola-Rozwadów) or Christ blessing children (the Evangelical-Augsburg Church of Holy Trinity in Warsaw). A kind of iconographic novelty is introduced here with depictions of children as Unknown Saints of our time (the Orthodox church of St John Climacus in Warsaw). In the stained glass windows, we also find images of Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia – three children who witnessed the apparitions of The Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima, recognized by the Catholic Church.

Keywords

PL

Adam Stalony-Dobrzański; witraże; ikonografia; sztuka cerkiewna

EN

Adam Stalony-Dobrzański; Stained glass; Iconography; Orthodox art

• Publisher: Akademia Supraska
• Journal: Latopisy Akademii Supraskiej
• Year: 2020
• Volume: Dzieci w kulturze duchowej Prawosławia
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 189-206

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Anna Siemieniec

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2169987