| Title: | Soulages, Richter, and others : Abstract stained-glass windows performing in medieval sacral monuments as a universal language for strategic public commissions from the 1960s to 2000s |
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| Authors: | ID Rusinko, Marcela (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ahas/article/view/15028/12818
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZRC SAZU - The Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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| Abstract: | This study explores how modern abstract stained-glass interventions can profoundly transform the atmosphere and meaning of medieval sacred monuments, imbuing them with new layers of spiritual, aesthetic, and collective identity. Focusing on non-figurative works by the renowned artists Pierre Soulages (Saint Faith’s Church in Conques, France), Gerhard Richter (Cologne Cathedral in Germany), and Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová (Saint Vitus’s Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic), the research investigates how such interventions reinterpret tradition through contemporary visual language. It considers the performative and symbolic potency of these artworks, examining the intent of both their artists and commissioners, and how these projects reflect broader ideological contexts of a politically divided world and its aftermath. Ultimately, the study probes the unique resonance between medieval and modern artistic expression, revealing how abstract stained glass can serve as a spiritually and socially legitimizing force within historically layered sacred spaces. |
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| Keywords: | abstract stained glass, medieval monuments, commodification of art, Pierre Soulages, St-Foy de Conques, Gerhard Richter, Saint Peter Cathedral in Cologne, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Saint Wenceslas Chapel in Saint Vitus Cathedral Prague |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 23.12.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 119-152 |
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| Numbering: | letn. 30, št. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-27251  |
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| UDC: | 748.5(4):75.038"19" |
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| ISSN on article: | 1408-0419 |
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| DOI: | 10.3986/ahas.30.2.04 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 265825283 |
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| Copyright: | Imetniki avtorskih pravic na prispevkih so avtorji |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 31.01.2026 |
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| Views: | 129 |
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