DOI Artikel:
Sulikowska, Aleksandra: Wojsław Molè (1886 - 1973)
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WOJSŁAW MOLÈ (1886-1973)
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ABSTRACT
Vojeslav Molè, a scholar of Slovenian origin (b. Kanał ob Soći, Slovenia, d. Eugène, Oregon, USA), was throughout his life
associated with the Jagiellonian University of Cracow, where he was a professor. In 1945, he became Chair of the Department of Art
History of Slavonic Nations, and in 1952, of the Department of History of Médiéval Art and the Group of Art History Departments.
During the years 1956-1960 he was director of the Institute of Art History. Molè was a pioneer of Early and Eastern Christian Studies
in art. This article focuses on his work published in Polish, since it mostly influenced Polish art history. The majority of Molè's books
on art are university textbooks. Many, such as Historia sztuki starochrześcijańskiej i wczesnobizantyjskiej (1931) (History of Early Chris-
tian and Early Byzantine Art), were written for students. His most popular books were published after 1945: Sztuka rosyjska do roku
1914, Ikona ruska (Pre-1914 Russian Art, The Russian Icon) and Sztuka Słowian południowych (The Art of the South Slavs). His main
interests lay with the genesis of Early Christian art, Byzantine Art and the art of East and South Slavs. Molè explored the relationship
between Eastern and Western culture and the évolution of Orthodox art. One of his most interesting publications was the comprehensive
paper Studia nad sztuką pierwszego tysiąclecia n.e. Sztuka peryferii wschodniej świata antycznego w pierwszej połowie I tysiąclecia i jej
znaczenie dla sztuki najwcześniejszego średniowiecza (1964). (Studies on the Art of the First Millennium AD: Art of the eastern periphery
of the ancient world during the first half of the First Millennium and its importance to Early Médiéval Art). In it he attempted to identify
the cultural components of the beginnings of Early Christian art, which also indirectly impacted on the émergence of Byzantine art and
Orthodox Slavonic art. Much of his work from the 1950s and 1960s reveals a Marxist political orientation, promoted at that time; for
instance, an interest in national characteristics in art alongside a lack of interest in its religious aspects. Molè's textbooks have largely
lost their value although they are still an interesting testimonial to the past and the identity of 20th"century art history.
(trans, by Katarzyna Krzyżagórska-Pisarek)
49
ABSTRACT
Vojeslav Molè, a scholar of Slovenian origin (b. Kanał ob Soći, Slovenia, d. Eugène, Oregon, USA), was throughout his life
associated with the Jagiellonian University of Cracow, where he was a professor. In 1945, he became Chair of the Department of Art
History of Slavonic Nations, and in 1952, of the Department of History of Médiéval Art and the Group of Art History Departments.
During the years 1956-1960 he was director of the Institute of Art History. Molè was a pioneer of Early and Eastern Christian Studies
in art. This article focuses on his work published in Polish, since it mostly influenced Polish art history. The majority of Molè's books
on art are university textbooks. Many, such as Historia sztuki starochrześcijańskiej i wczesnobizantyjskiej (1931) (History of Early Chris-
tian and Early Byzantine Art), were written for students. His most popular books were published after 1945: Sztuka rosyjska do roku
1914, Ikona ruska (Pre-1914 Russian Art, The Russian Icon) and Sztuka Słowian południowych (The Art of the South Slavs). His main
interests lay with the genesis of Early Christian art, Byzantine Art and the art of East and South Slavs. Molè explored the relationship
between Eastern and Western culture and the évolution of Orthodox art. One of his most interesting publications was the comprehensive
paper Studia nad sztuką pierwszego tysiąclecia n.e. Sztuka peryferii wschodniej świata antycznego w pierwszej połowie I tysiąclecia i jej
znaczenie dla sztuki najwcześniejszego średniowiecza (1964). (Studies on the Art of the First Millennium AD: Art of the eastern periphery
of the ancient world during the first half of the First Millennium and its importance to Early Médiéval Art). In it he attempted to identify
the cultural components of the beginnings of Early Christian art, which also indirectly impacted on the émergence of Byzantine art and
Orthodox Slavonic art. Much of his work from the 1950s and 1960s reveals a Marxist political orientation, promoted at that time; for
instance, an interest in national characteristics in art alongside a lack of interest in its religious aspects. Molè's textbooks have largely
lost their value although they are still an interesting testimonial to the past and the identity of 20th"century art history.
(trans, by Katarzyna Krzyżagórska-Pisarek)