Kauno benediktinių vienuolyno tyrimai. T. 2, Kauno benediktinių vienuolyno ansamblio meninė savastis : mokslinė monografija

Abstract

Monografijoje atskleidžiamas reikšmingo Lietuvos kultūros paveldo objekto – Kauno benediktinių vienuolyno ansamblio – meninis savitumas, atsižvelgiant į istorines ansamblio formavimosi ypatybes, vienuolijos dvasingumo aspektus ir kasdieninį gyvenimą lėmusias bei koregavusias aplinkybes. Analizuojamas Kauno benediktinių vienuolyno ansamblio architektūros formavimasis, įvertinamos bažnyčios, vienuolyno, klebonijos, mažųjų architektūros formų meninės ypatybės, bažnyčios interjero raida ir kaita, interpretuojama ikonografinė programa bei jos pokyčiai, išryškinami ir apibūdinami vertingiausi meno objektai, atskleidžiami nauji faktai apie ansamblio architektūros ir dailės kūrėjus, nustatoma jų reikšmė meniniam objekto įvaizdžiui, kuris neatsiejamas nuo dvasinių vienuolijos ir bendrų krikščioniškojo tikėjimo idealų. Meninio paveldo analizę papildo kontekstinė dalis – benediktiniško meno specifikos Europoje bei Lietuvoje apžvalga

In 2012–2016, historical, architectural and artistic research on Kaunas Benedictine convent was performed. Results of historical analysis of art are summarized in this book, which is the second volume of publication “Research of Kaunas Benedictine convent”. Artistic heritage of Kaunas Benedictine monastery ensemble so far lacked a comprehensive research, though some aspects were already deeper or less examined. The most attention was paid to the gothic architecture and present-day interior, in artistic complex of which, decisions of interwar and Revival periods, which integrate together gothic space structure, baroque elements, features of national style and newest artistic “insertions,” are dominating. This monograph aimed to expand and excaustively reveal the artistic originality of Kaunas Benedictine ensemble by consequently evaluating the development, changes and features of exterior architecture as well as forms in interior; to present interpretations and changes in the iconographic program, taking into the consideration the spiritual aspects of the Benedictine sisters and paying attention to external causes that sometimes predetermined disparencies between the Rule of St. Benedict and iconography; to analyze features of artworks, deliver new facts about builders, masters and artists of the monastery. The monograph is devided and has two parts. The first one is contextual aiming to briefly discuss the origin of the Benedictine convents’s iconography and define main features of this art in Europe and Lithuania. Art of monasteries in Subiaco and Monte Cassino was chosen as a reference point. These places, located close to each other, are the heart were the Rule of St. Benedict originated; here, in the 6th century, the Rule was written and monasteries founded by the Saint himself, who lived in grotto in Subiaco for three years. [...]