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The Interior of the Church of St Lawrence (Sv. Lovro) in Požega in the 19th Century – an Example of Neo-Gothic Restoration
Irena Kraševac
; Institut za povijest umjetnosti
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In the long history of the Church of St Lawrence (Sv. Lovro) in Požega there have been several interventions to its structure and interior decoration. One of the most extensive took place in the last decade of the 19th century, when the then current criteria of restoration of historic buildings required the »unity and purity of style«. The documentation preserved in the archives of the Požega Diocese permitted the author to reconstruct the appearance and inventory of the church in late 19th and early 20th century. Guided by the idea of stylistic unity and integrity, according to which the church was supposed to be restored in Gothic style, the municipal architect Ivan Holz made plans for the reconstruction of the chancel and the choir loft, which would be subjected to greatest changes. The restoration included opening of the tall, narrow, pointed-arched chancel windows walled during the Baroque age, accentuating vault ribs and widening of the choir loft in order to house the new church organ designed by Herman Bollé. The church interior was decorated in a stereotype manner with painted squares, draperies, ornamental floral patterns and the so-called »starred sky« in the chancel. The new main altar, designed to match the Neo-Gothic organ, was commissioned from Ferdinand Stuflesser, the leading woodcarver in the South Tyrolean town of St. Ulrich. The impression of stylistic unity was further enhanced by elaborate stained glass windows in the chancel, produced in the glass painting workshop of Carl Ludwig Türcke in the Czech town of Hrádek nad Nisou (Grottau). This harmonious ecclesiastical space served as an example of the Neo-Gothic stylistic unity pertinent to the late 19th century.
Ključne riječi
Neo-Gothic; church decoration; Church of St Lawrence; Požega; Ivan Holz; Herman Bollé; Ferdinand Stuflesse
Hrčak ID:
200108
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Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2012.
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