THE ART OF STAINED GLASS BRINGS UKRAINIAN AND POLISH CULTURES TOGETHER (WORKS BY ADAM DOBRZAŃSKI)

Abstract

The article highlights the unique work of a prominent Polish master of monumental art, the author of numerous stained glass windows, murals and mosaics of the temples of Poland by Adam Stalony-Dobrzanski (1904-1985), whose father Felix Dobrzanski is a Pole, and mother Anna Kovalenko, a native of Chernihiv, Ukrainian. Dobrzanski spent his youth in Ukraine, and in 1923 he moved with his parents to the restored Polish state; He graduated from the Cracow Academy of Arts and began working in the field of artistic design of Catholic churches, Greek Catholic and Orthodox temples. Feature of Dobzhansky’s creative style is a harmonious combination of ancient medieval Gothic style with the latest styles of Impressionism, Modernism and others; as well as the introduction of inscriptions with the original letter form as an integral part of the stained glass image system. Another noticeable feature of the stained glass windows of Adam Steglovy Dobzhan is the harmony of large and small forms. Of course, he is born, as they say, a monumentalist in the arts. There is greatness in his works. The elongated window openings of the Orthodox, Greek Catholic churches and Roman Catholic churches required verticality. Therefore, this architecture is completely approached by long Gothic stained glass figures. But Dobzhansky would not be Dobzhansky if his age were confined to the composition of tall, sometimes tall, figures. In every large and tall form, he “streams” with many small glasses, in which he writes texts in Latin or Cyrillic letters. This flamboyant scattering of small shapes moves and shimmers like a kaleidoscope, enlivening the statics of the stained glass central figure. Here Dobzhansky presents his knowledge of stained glass. Middle Ages in the Catholic countries of the West, which still amaze the beauty of their kaleidoscopic overflows. There is, of course, a contrast between the large in size and these tiny multicolored glasses. This contrast sends the viewer to the baroque, which maximized the contrast in the riot of flexible forms. These forms do not exist in Mr. Adam’s stained-glass windows, but his contrasts reflect the breadth of the search, a master who crafted his unique language in the field of ancient and modern art styles in the ancient and eternally young stained glass art.