''God the Father - Arise'' is a stained glass window by
Stanislaw Wyspianski in the
Church of St. Francis of Assisi in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
, Poland. From about 1904, the work has bright modern motifs, geometric and natural shapes, heraldic elements.
History
Stanislaw Wyspianski was versatile. In his literary works he left behind a lot of drawings, paintings and pastel pictures with views of Kraków, portraits, various illustrations and graphics. Wyspianski designed the stained glass windows and a series of murals for churches, and proposed the reconstruction of
Wawel
The Wawel Royal Castle (; ''Zamek Królewski na Wawelu'') and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically and culturally significant site in Poland. A fortified residency on the Vistula River in Kraków, it was established o ...
castle although the project was never implemented.
In collaboration with Josef Mehofferom, Wyspianski created 36 stained-glass windows for St. Mary's in Kraków, Jan Matejko when helping in the restoration of the building. The creative tandem proved successful, and among other distinguished participation in the competition decorative arts in Paris, and the development of the exterior curtain for the
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre ( pl, Teatr im. Juliusza Słowackiego w Krakowie) is a 19th-century Eclectic theatre-opera house in the heart of Kraków, Poland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Erected in 1893, it was modeled after some of the best ...
, in Kraków. On his own, Wyspianski designed for the Franciscan church, and created the stained glass artworks ''Rise'', ''Blessed Salome'', and ''Wounds of St. Francis''.
Description
God is depicted as an elderly man with a white beard, in a coat. He holds his left hand over his head, and the right points to the Earth. The artist described the creation of the world (Genesis 1:1, 1:16): "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth ... And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
The last of God's creations was man (Genesis 1:26): "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
See also
* ''
Apollo (System Copernicus)''
References
Sources
* Stokowa М., Stanisław Wyspiański. Monografia bibliograficzna, (t. 1 — 3), Kr., (1967 — 68)
* Польський літературний вітраж / Переклади Анатолія Глущака. — Одеса: видавництво Маяк, 2007. — с. 21.
* С. Виспянська та художники його часу. Каталог виставки, М., 1958
''God the Father'' , Stanisław Wyspiański
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Stained glass windows
1904 works
Works by Stanisław Wyspiański
God in art