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The instalment (October 2006) of a polychrome ceiling of the main nave of the wooden church in Boguszyce marked the completion of nine years of conservation, conducted with intervals and encompassing the whole painted decoration of the ceiling and complex, multistage repair of the church architecture. Apart from the considerable range of technical work, consisting in a transfer onto a new base of about 30% of boards covered with painted decorations, the fundamental conservation problem was cleaning the polychrome surface as well as removing the polyvinyl acetate and pigment retouching, which had changed the original colour. Another difficult and complex task involved a reconstruction of a considerable part of the painted decoration, connected with a recomposition of the improperly arranged segments of the main and northern nave. These undertakings were preceded by in-depth iconographic and stylistic studies, whose purpose was to establish the original form of the depictions. The prolonged realisation made it possible to assess the effectiveness of the performed work. No new flaking or loosening of the polychrome was noticed; the same holds true for colour retouching and reconstruction. The realisation of the repair-conservation meant that the building in question regained its construction stability and the danger of its collapse was averted. The process of covering the church roof with steam-permeable foil and double shingles as well as building a floor in the attic should protect the valuable polychrome ceiling from damage. The conservation was supervised by Maria Lubryczyńska and carried out by Krystyna Sommer, Joanna Czernichowska, Marcin Kozarzewski, Małgorzata Pałka-Ślusarczyk, Małgorzata Oborska, Barbara Kaniewska, Elżbieta Jeżewska, Katarzyna Lesiakowska, Małgorzata Ujma, Magdalena Muc and the author of this article. Transfers and repair of the underpaintings were performed by Jacek Cypel, M, A.
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The intention of this study is to present the complex question of the painted decorations of the interior of the wooden church of St. Stanislaw the Bishop in Boguszyce near Rawa Mazowiecka. The founder of the object, built and decorated in 1558, was Wojciech Boguski of the Rawicz coat of arms, at the time the steward of the Mazovian royal estates belonging to Queen Bona. The Renaissance murals on the walls and ceiling of the discussed church are an imitation of a brick church interior with lavish architectural details, monumental murals and vast areas covered with inscriptions. The ceiling is an illusionistic image of a stucco or brick Renaissance counterpart derived from Serlian motifs. The painted ceiling decorations in the Boguszyce church demonstrate considerable formal and stylistic analogies to the solutions applied in the collegiate church in Pultusk. The Boguszyce polychromes are an outstanding and totally unique work, insufficiently recognised and deserving more extensive popularisation. Their merit is even greater considering that the authors presumably originated from a still little-recognised sixteenth-century milieu of Warsaw-based artists. At the end of the twentieth century the valuable monument was in a catastrophic condition. A leaky roof and a permanent displacement of the construction elements threatened with a collapse of the building and total damage to the paintings. Complex conservation and restoration of both the object and the celling polychrome were initiated in 1997. The work was preceded by specialist studies intent on determining the techniques of the execution of the polychrome and its state of preservation. The foremost task involved halting the damage incurred to the wooden underpainting and the painted decoration as well as the removal of secondary layers deforming the polychrome. The aim of the restoration was to recreate the lost aesthetic merits of the paintings. The causes of the damage were diagnosed, and an optimal selection of conservation methods and material was based on current knowledge.
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