Object's details: Color in Medieval Castle Architecture in Present-Day Poland and Czech Republic

Description

• PLMET:
  
  http://confluence.man.poznan.pl/community/display/FBCMETGUIDE
• Title:
  
  
  Color in Medieval Castle Architecture in Present-Day Poland and Czech Republic
• Group publication title:
  
  
  Arts
• Creator:
  
  
  Adamska, Dagmara
  ;
  Nocuń, Przemysław
  ;
  Ratajczak, Tomasz
  ;
  Záruba, František
  
• Subject and Keywords:
  
  
  castles;
  paintings;
  colors;
  decoration;
  Poland;
  Bohemia;
  Teutonic Knights;
  
  
  
  zamki (architektura);
  malarstwo;
  kolory;
  dekoracje;
  Polska;
  Czechy
• Description:
  
  
  Artykuł zawiera bibliografię.
• Abstract:
  
  
  Colors were ubiquitous in the medieval world, and castles were no exception. While in the eyes of most people their rich color schemes manifested power and wealth, some could also read the more nuanced messages these colors conveyed. The main objective of this paper is to discuss the use and role of color in the interiors of castles of medieval Bohemia and Poland. The picture is complemented by the analysis of color decorations of defensive residences of the Teutonic Order. The discussion takes into account the varying states of preservation and draws from the available written accounts. To present the most complete picture possible, we discuss royal residences, for whichunfortunately limited data are available, as well as the better-preserved castles of dukes and knights.We discuss the identified iconographic programs and their chivalric, heraldic, and hagiographicmotifs. Within the scope of our discussion are late forms of floral decorations, known as “greenchambers”. The numerous examples presented in the paper prove that color was an important tool of visual social communication in castle architecture: it complemented the symbolism, and sometimescarried an independent message.
• Publisher:
  
  
  MDPI
• Date issued:
  
  2022
• Resource Type:
  
  
  text;
  
  
  
  tekst
• Detailed Type:
  
  
  article;
  
  
  
  artykuł
• Identifier:
  
  oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:135631 ;
  e-ISSN 2076-0752
• DOI:
  
  doi: 10.3390/arts11010028
• Language:
  
  eng
• Abstract Language :
  
  eng
• Access rights:
  
  
  Attribution, ShareAlike;
  
  
  
  Uznanie autorstwa, Na tych samych warunkach
• License:
  
  
  Creative Commons - Attribution (CC BY 4.0);
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en ;
  
  
  Creative Commons - Uznanie autorstwa (CC BY 4.0);
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.pl
• Rights holder:
  
  Copyright by Dagmara Adamska
• Autor opisu:
  
  pb

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• Creation date: 2022-11-18
• Last modification date: 2024-01-09
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