Gary J. Kirkpatrick

Tag: baroque church

  • Chiesa San Agostino and Oratorio della SS. Carita di San Piedro

    Oratorio della SS. Carita di San Piedro is a small church originally connected to a secular effort to raise funds for the ransom the religious abducted by pirates. The anteroom  has outstanding frescoes by Guglielmo Borremans.  One is “The escape of St. Peter from the Prison,” the other “The Glory of St. Peter.” There is also “Francis of Assisi,” “Achaio,” “Vincenzo de ‘Paoli,” and “Paolino.”

    Oratorio della SS. Carita di San Piedro
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     Oratorio della SS. Carita di San Piedro

    Chiesa San Agostino 

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    Construction on the Romanesque Chiesa San Agostino (Chiesa di Sant’Agostino) is locally known as Santa Rita.  The building was built in the early 14th century . The rose window has 12 intersecting semi-circles and has an unusual trim that defines the entire otherwise plain facade.  The Gothic portal features arabesques (abstract patterns) and plant motifs. 

    stucco statues by Serpotta

     

  • Churches of Poznan

    Churches of Poznan

    There are three outstanding churches in Poznan.  The most important and oldest is not the most beautiful although in its setting it is quite charming.  The other two rank as among the best Baroque churches anywhere, which I say having been in all of the great ones in Rome, Palermo and elsewhere in Italy.  I have every reason to believe that they were both done by Italians using Italian marble and other materials.

    Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul is on Cathedral Island which is also shares with two excellent museums.   The first church on the site was built in 968.  The remains are still visible in the basement.  Starting in the 1300’s the church was rebuilt in the Gothic style, renovated into the Baroque style after a fire in the 1600’s.  The damage in 1945 led to its reconstruction in the Gothic we see today.  Pope John Paul II visited and is honored in the church.  The setting is a amidst lovely trees and buildings, some church owned, on the small island where Poland was founded.  The site was at one point a palace.   Archaeologists have excavated the area, which is in front of the cathedral.

     

    my pen and ink of Poznan Cathedral

    St Stanislaus 

    This stunning church was built in the 1600’s.  Along with it is a Jesuit college.  For interesting details see St Stanislaus 

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    Church of St Anthony

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  • Video of the stunning Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St Petersburg Russia

    Video of Church of Spilled Blood

     

     

  • A terrific baroque building: Basilika Mariatrost, Graz (with sketches)

    A terrific baroque building: Basilika Mariatrost, Graz (with sketches)

    A terrific baroque building: Basilika* Mariatrost, Graz (with sketches)

    July 2016

    The lovely Mariatrost Basilica is a baroque style building on top of the Purberg hill, a steep climb from the bus stop including some 225 steps.  There’s a lovely view from the top-  see my pen and ink sketch below- and what’s inside is a superb example of the baroque.

    Basilika Mariatrost
    Basilika Mariatrost

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