Między sacrum "starym" a "nowym" w przestrzeni miejskiej Wrocławia : kościół a współczesna galeria handlowa
Authors:
- Karolina Tomczak
Abstract
Summar y The article constitutes an attempt at redefining the sacral space and architecture in the ever-changing cultural and historical context, providing a complex juxtaposition of the historical and postmodern sa-crum which constitutes an urban narrative, on the example of the developing urban structure of Wrocław. The broad perspective, apart from only looking at the issue through the prism of history and theory of art, encompasses also the sociological, aesthetic and cultural aspects. The comparison between the medieval St. Adalbert’s Church and the Dominican Gallery designed by Studio EL serves to examine the transformation of the urban sacrum on the basis of selected aspects with regard to the two buildings: the traditional and modern understanding of sacrality and the sacral space, the renewal of the hierarchy of the urban space along the cosmic axis, the historical alternation of the worship of the martyr and celebrity inscribed into the walls of the building and the place of worship of the Absolute as well as the sphere of consumption, and, lastly, the formal value of historical and contemporary sacral architecture. The canonical features of a medieval church of the exterior of the Dominican Gallery are then con-fronted with the postmodernist architecture of the interior designed by Andrzej Lach. In this last case the contextualism and functionalism of the commercial lay temple of consumption are understood as an attempt at a reconciliation with the classical sacral architecture. Apart from enumerating the significant differences, the article suggests the existence of a place of transgression of the sacred and the profane, a crack in the urban space which reveals the ambivalence of the sacred. Moreover, the author posits that the value of the discussed architecture, encompassing the various meanings of a sacred space, serves as a canvas for the human agent who creates the urban narrative.
- Record ID
- USL222152e16e984148bf84588e252ba7d3
- Author
- Pages
- 25-53
- Publication size in sheets
- 1.40
- Book
- Jacyków Witold Tadeusz, Witold Tadeusz Jacyków Solik Ryszard Henryk Ryszard Henryk Solik (eds.): (Re)interpretacje : między praktyką twórczą a dyskursem, Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach, no. 3906, 2019, Katowice, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 148 p., ISBN 978-83-226-3747-0
- Keywords in English
- sacrum, urban space, church, St. Adalbert Church in Wrocław, shopping mall, Dominican Gallery, Studio El, contextualism
- Handle.net URL
- hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/21607 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/21607 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- pol (pl) Polish
- File
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- File: 1
- Między sacrum "starym" a "nowym" w przestrzeni miejskiej Wrocławia : kościół a współczesna galeria handlowa, File Tomczak_Miedzy_sacrum_starym_a_nowym.pdf / 2 MB
- Tomczak_Miedzy_sacrum_starym_a_nowym.pdf
- publication date: 06-02-2024
- Między sacrum "starym" a "nowym" w przestrzeni miejskiej Wrocławia : kościół a współczesna galeria handlowa, File Tomczak_Miedzy_sacrum_starym_a_nowym.pdf / 2 MB
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- Score (nominal)
- 20
- Score source
- BIBLIOGRAFIA DOROBKU PRACOWNIKÓW UŚ
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://opus.us.edu.pl/info/article/USL222152e16e984148bf84588e252ba7d3/
- URN
urn:uni-kat-prod:USL222152e16e984148bf84588e252ba7d3
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