Lietuvos medinės bažnyčios Europos sakralinės architektūros kontekste

• Main Author: Jankevičienė, Algė Regina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Norway; karelia*
• Online Access: http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5556898&prefLang=en_US

The area of wooden church architecture is considered the one in which there are many temples constructed according particular principles characteristic of that territory. Such areas, which were recognized by scholars, exist in the North of Russia - Karelia, Norway, in the Carpatian countries and in the Middle of Europe (Poland). However, in Europe there are also other territories that are rich with wooden temples and do not belong to these areas so far. One of them - the countries to the north of Poland - Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia. The aim of the article is to analyze whether the wooden church buildings of these countries constitute a separate area of the peculiar architecture, whether they are ascribed to the one of the above mentioned areas. Having briefly characterized the composition of the temples of all the areas it has been ascertained that wooden churches of Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia are very close to the church buildings in Poland. They are related by the familiar technique of construction and by general principles of structure and composition. That is why wooden church architecture of these lands is ascribed to the area of the Middle Europe. The boundaries of the area are broadened towards the North and the West by this. Folk temples of the area are characteristic of the simple laconic exterior and the rich interior. The styles of professional architecture are reflected in the composition of the majority of these church buildings. The direct impact of styles and particularly of the style of Baroque is regarded as an exceptional feature of wooden church architecture of the area of the Middle Europe.