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The metaphor of the altar as a window and a mirror is particularly suitable for a series of reredoses designed by Rev. Prof. Sebastian Piskorski, a professor of law at the JagiellonianUniversity, and a popular poet and preacher, who became a central figure of the artistic life, participating as a conceptor and administrator in the process of creating the most interesting complex works of holy art...
Despite the fundamental work by Andrzej Jozef Baranowski which discusses the veneration of holy Marian images in the former Polish Republic, the influence of holy paintings on the artistic initiative still remains underrated, primarily in terms of the furnishing of sanctuary churches. It must not be forgotten that the celebrations with these images were the reason behind numerous interior modernisations,...
Divisions of Western Christianity, initiated in the early 16th century and deepened in the following 200 years, led, among other things, to the embroilment between various Christian denominations regarding the issue of the symbolism of the altar, its functions, shape and location within a church. For Catholics, the altar has primarily remained the place to celebrate the Holy Sacrament, aimed at reiterating...
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