Neogotyk triumfujący na Białostocczyźnie

• Autorzy: Jabłoński A. K.

Warianty tytułu

EN

The triumph of the neo-gothic style in the Białystok region

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

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In the second half of the XIXc and at the beginning of the XXc, all symptoms of national independence in Polish lands, including the Białystok region, which since 1870 belonged directly to the Russian Empire, were severely punished. Within the applied repressions, especially in the wake of the January Uprising of 1863, the tsarist administration in the eastern borderlands limited the activity Of Polish landowners and the Catholic Church. In the domain of church architecture the direct consequences of such restrictions included a prohibition of building new churches. Despite the fact during the 1850s several new interesting churches had been erected in the Neo-Gothic style, the post-insurrection ban halted its further development. A distinct alleviation of the construction rigours took place in about the middle of the last decade of the nineteenth century, when permissions for church construction were renewed. In numerous parishes in the Białystok region the overwhelming majority of the designs exceeded the needs of the cult, and brick churches were raised in the so-called "grand cathedral style", emulating mediaeval French cathedrals. The solids were almost always outfitted with two soaring towers, a massive transept and opulent Neo-Gothic architectural detail, while the interiors composed of three naves of the same hight. Out of a total of 16 initiated investments as many as ten (Białystok, Dąbrowa Białostocka, Janów, Korycin, Dołubowo, Wyszki, Dobrzyniewo, Krynki, Łubin Kościelny, and Czarna Wieś Kościelna) assumed the shape of sophisticated so-called grand cathedrals demonstrating Neo-Gothic forms regarded as most appropriate for Catholic church architecture.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

architektura sakralna; architektura neogotycka; Białostocczyzna

EN

sacral architecture; neo-gothic architecture; Białystok region

• Wydawca: Komitet Architektury i Urbanistyki PAN ; Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Architektury
• Czasopismo: Kwartalnik Architektury i Urbanistyki
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: T. 47, z. 4
• Strony: 394--409
• Opis fizyczny: fot., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Jabłoński A. K.