The exhibition arranged in the first room on the upper floor presents works dating from the 18th to the early 20th century. It presents sculptures, paintings, altars, shrines and handicrafts. Exhibits come from Catholic and Orthodox churches and roadside shrines. The exhibition consists mostly of religious objects made by anonymous amateur artists from the Sądecczyzna region, brought from religious centres such as Częstochowa, Kalwaria or Gidle where they were mass-produced in craft guilds or purchased from travelling painters. The artistic value of exhibited works varies: some of them are crude or simple schematic forms while others demonstrate a better technical artistic proficiency.One of the more interesting exhibits is a painting presenting St. Kinga, worshipped locally in Ziemia Sądecka (Sądecka Land). The full-scale painting presents the saint wearing a crown, a habit and a veil decorated with a plant motif, holding a sceptre and a model of the Stary Sącz monastery in her hands. An altar of the Holy Trinity from Falkowa made of polychromed wood is also worthy of attention. The retable contains a relief depicting the Holy Trinity, and sculptures of the prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane and the Risen Christ are in niches on either side. The predella shows Christ in the tomb, and presented at the top is Christ next to a column. It is an interesting example of work done in an amateur/guild convention. There are also some paintings worthy of attention: Our Lady of La Salette, Madonna of Częstochowa, Madonna with the Child and St. John from Stary Sącz, from Łąck a beautiful column shrine with Christ’s Fall, and a candelabra from Bieliczna.
Folk Art, Gothic House, Nowy Sącz
Beacon
Tuesday, 25 February 2020