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Nowak, Weronika: „Fabryka” kościoła i klasztoru ss. Norbertanek w Imbramowicach w latach 1711–1740: nowe ustalenia w sprawie finansowania i organizacji prac budowlanych oraz angażowanych artystów
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Fabrica ecclesiae of the church
and convent of Norbertine Nuns in
Imbramowice in 1711-1740.
New findings regarding the financing
and organisation of the works,
and the artists contracted1
The church and convent of the Norbertine Nuns (Premonstratensians) in Im-
bramowice (see: Figures 1-2) has been mentioned many times in the subject
literaturę of art history. The history of its reconstruction in the early modern
period was discussed both in review works,2 and in the studies devoted to
the culture of this female religious order.3 To this day, the tempie has not re-
ceived a complete monograph in the field of art history. The studies that have
been published to datę focused mainly on analysing the interior of the tempie,
whose harmony, as was argued, resulted from the involvement - confirmed
by the sources - of the Rome-educated architect Kacper Bażanka. The church
was hailed as a flagship example of a comprehensive work of art, developed in
1 The paper is based on a Masters thesis titled “Fabrica Ecclesiae Imbramovicensis. History
of the renovation of the church and convent of Norbertine Nuns in Imbramowice in the
light of archival sources”, prepared at the Jagiellonian University Institute of Art History,
under the supervision of professor Piotr Krasny, whom to whom I am most grateful for
inspiration and valuable guidance. I would also like to thank professor Andrzej Betlej, Ja-
giellonian University professor, and professor Marek Ferenc, for their critical comments
and advice.
2 Katalog Zabytków Sztuki w Polsce [further: kzsp], vol. 1: Województwo krakowskie, edited by
J. Szabłowski, Warszawa 1953, issue 12: Powiat olkuski, edited by M. Kutrzebianka, pp. 7-10;
T. Chrzanowski, M. Kornecki, Sztuka Ziemi Krakowskiej, Kraków 1982, p. 360; M. Karpowicz,
Sztuka Polska xvni wieku, Warszawa 1985, pp. 10-21; M. Kornecki, Sztuka Sakralna, Kraków 1993,
p. 49; A.J. Baranowski, Architektura sakralna Małopolski i Śląska z przełomu xvn i xvm wieku,
in: Między Wrocławiem a Lwowem. Sztuka na Śłąsku, w Małopołsce i na Rusi Koronnej w cza-
sach nowożytnych, edited by A. Betlej, K. Brzezina-Scheuerer, P. Oszczanowski, Wrocław 2011,
pp. 201-213; J. Skrabski, Modernizacje małopołskich kościołów w okresie późnego baroku. Między
tradycją a innowacją, in: Studia nad sztuką renesansu i baroku, vol. 11: Tradycja i innowacja
w sztuce nowożytnej, edited by I. Rolska, K. Gombin, Lublin 2012, p. 419.
3 The latest publication is a collection of essays published after the conference accompanying the
three-hundredth anniversary of the churchs consecration. The book lists the complete literaturę
on the subject, see: Trzechsetłecie konsekracji kościoła kłasztornego Świętych Apostołów Piotra
i Pawła Sióstr Norbertanek w Imbramowicach 1717-2017. Studia nad dziejami, sztuka i duchowością
kłasztoru, edited by B. Skrzydlewska, W. Żurek, Lublin 2017.
modus
prace z historii sztuki
art history journal
xix, 2019
0
Wersja polska - s. 69
WERONIKA
NOWAK
Figurę 1. View of the church
and convent of Norbertine
Nuns in Imbramowice from
the north. Photo by Weroni-
ka Nowak
-> see p. 69
Figurę 2. Interior of the
church of Norbertine Nuns
in Imbramowice. Photo by
Weronika Nowak
-> see p. 69
ARTICLES
105
and convent of Norbertine Nuns in
Imbramowice in 1711-1740.
New findings regarding the financing
and organisation of the works,
and the artists contracted1
The church and convent of the Norbertine Nuns (Premonstratensians) in Im-
bramowice (see: Figures 1-2) has been mentioned many times in the subject
literaturę of art history. The history of its reconstruction in the early modern
period was discussed both in review works,2 and in the studies devoted to
the culture of this female religious order.3 To this day, the tempie has not re-
ceived a complete monograph in the field of art history. The studies that have
been published to datę focused mainly on analysing the interior of the tempie,
whose harmony, as was argued, resulted from the involvement - confirmed
by the sources - of the Rome-educated architect Kacper Bażanka. The church
was hailed as a flagship example of a comprehensive work of art, developed in
1 The paper is based on a Masters thesis titled “Fabrica Ecclesiae Imbramovicensis. History
of the renovation of the church and convent of Norbertine Nuns in Imbramowice in the
light of archival sources”, prepared at the Jagiellonian University Institute of Art History,
under the supervision of professor Piotr Krasny, whom to whom I am most grateful for
inspiration and valuable guidance. I would also like to thank professor Andrzej Betlej, Ja-
giellonian University professor, and professor Marek Ferenc, for their critical comments
and advice.
2 Katalog Zabytków Sztuki w Polsce [further: kzsp], vol. 1: Województwo krakowskie, edited by
J. Szabłowski, Warszawa 1953, issue 12: Powiat olkuski, edited by M. Kutrzebianka, pp. 7-10;
T. Chrzanowski, M. Kornecki, Sztuka Ziemi Krakowskiej, Kraków 1982, p. 360; M. Karpowicz,
Sztuka Polska xvni wieku, Warszawa 1985, pp. 10-21; M. Kornecki, Sztuka Sakralna, Kraków 1993,
p. 49; A.J. Baranowski, Architektura sakralna Małopolski i Śląska z przełomu xvn i xvm wieku,
in: Między Wrocławiem a Lwowem. Sztuka na Śłąsku, w Małopołsce i na Rusi Koronnej w cza-
sach nowożytnych, edited by A. Betlej, K. Brzezina-Scheuerer, P. Oszczanowski, Wrocław 2011,
pp. 201-213; J. Skrabski, Modernizacje małopołskich kościołów w okresie późnego baroku. Między
tradycją a innowacją, in: Studia nad sztuką renesansu i baroku, vol. 11: Tradycja i innowacja
w sztuce nowożytnej, edited by I. Rolska, K. Gombin, Lublin 2012, p. 419.
3 The latest publication is a collection of essays published after the conference accompanying the
three-hundredth anniversary of the churchs consecration. The book lists the complete literaturę
on the subject, see: Trzechsetłecie konsekracji kościoła kłasztornego Świętych Apostołów Piotra
i Pawła Sióstr Norbertanek w Imbramowicach 1717-2017. Studia nad dziejami, sztuka i duchowością
kłasztoru, edited by B. Skrzydlewska, W. Żurek, Lublin 2017.
modus
prace z historii sztuki
art history journal
xix, 2019
0
Wersja polska - s. 69
WERONIKA
NOWAK
Figurę 1. View of the church
and convent of Norbertine
Nuns in Imbramowice from
the north. Photo by Weroni-
ka Nowak
-> see p. 69
Figurę 2. Interior of the
church of Norbertine Nuns
in Imbramowice. Photo by
Weronika Nowak
-> see p. 69
ARTICLES
105