It was not stone anymore, but wood that Gothic style favoured – influenced by the idea of monastic poverty and for purely aesthetic reasons. Relatively inexpensive, portable objects were used for a wide promotion of both new stylistic currents and tendencies in spiritual life expressed therein.
Wojciech Marcinkowski
The oldest epitaph in Małopolska
Epitaph of Wierzbięta of Branice on display in the Gallery ‘Art of Old Poland. 12th – 18th Centuries’ in the Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace. One of the objectives of Gothic art was honouring those who passed away. It was also the function of epitaphs, which portrayed […]