Between Kherson and Rome. A Survey of Wall Paintings in the Church of St Clement in Stará Boleslav

0582900 - ÚDU 2024 RIV CZ eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Dienstbier, Jan - Klípa, Jan - Pokorný, A.
Between Kherson and Rome. A Survey of Wall Paintings in the Church of St Clement in Stará Boleslav.
Convivium: exchanges and interactions in the arts of medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Mediterranean. Roč. 10, č. 2 (2023), s. 107-123. ISSN 2336-3452
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-21654S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378033
Klíčová slova: artistic transfer * technological survey * wall paintings * Archbishop Adalbert of the Přemyslid family * Basilica of San Clemente (Rome) * Church of St Clement (Stará Boleslav) * Stará Boleslav
Obor OECD: Arts, Art history
Impakt faktor: <0.1, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/10.1484/J.CONVI.5.137634

Comparative study of wall paintings in churches dedicated to St Clement in Stará Boleslav and Rome reveals the wide international networking of contemporary agents in artistic transfer. The importance of late twelfth-century wall paintings in St Clement’s in Stará Boleslav – among Bohemia’s foremost medieval monuments – is underscored by their close proximity to the place of the martyrdom and the center of the cult of the country’s patron, St Wenceslas. The Bohemian church’s consecration echoes the Cyril and Methodius mission, resonating with the transfer of St Clement’s relics from the Crimea to Central Europe, then to the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome. The frescoes in the Roman basilica’s lower church have been recognized as an important source for the concept of the paintings. The extensive, and iconographically exceptional, image cycle of St Clement’s life was commissioned by a high-ranking cleric, possibly the Salzburg archbishop, Adalbert of the Přemyslid family. The recent fresco restoration survey has yielded insights into the painting technique and will become the basis for the future rescue and rehabilitation of the Romanesque church’s wall decoration.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0350946