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The Ethnology Notebooks. 2023. № 4 (172), 1039—1049

UDK 726-523.4:272(477)”15/18″

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2023.04.1039

DIVINE PRINCIPLE AS A SOURCE OF ORGANIZATION OF THE SACRUM OF THE TEMPLES OF THE DOMINICAN ORDER OF THE 16th—19th IN UKRAINE

URSU Natalia

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2660-2144
  • Doctor of Art Criticism, Professor, Fine and Applied
  • Arts and Artworks Restoration Department,
  • Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiіenko National University,
  • 61, Ogienko Str., 32301, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: ursu@kpnu.edu.ua

HUTSUL Ivan

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4797-5812
  • Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor, Fine and Applied
  • Arts and Artworks Restoration Department,
  • Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiіenko National University,
  • 61, Ogienko Str., 32301, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: hutsul@kpnu.edu.ua

PIDHURNYI Ivan

  • ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0981-2964
  • Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor, Fine and Applied
  • Arts and Artworks Restoration Department,
  • Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiіenko National University,
  • 61, Ogienko Str., 32301, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine,
  • Contacts: e-mail: pidhurnyy@kpnu.edu.ua

Abstract. The article is a part of consideration of the problem the artistic output of the Dominican order and fills certain lacunae in the history of Ukrainian sacred art. This is an attempt to highlight the metaphorical principles and dimensions that served as the primary source of inspiration during the creation of objects of architecture, sculpture, painting, and decorative and applied arts of the order. The article deals with the general and special semantic features inherent in the spirituality of the preacher brothers, their difference or incorporation with the existing churches of other Roman Catholic orders. The authors, relying on archival materials, analyze the influence of the Divine nature and the Dominican charism on the organization of the external appearance and internal space of the temples of the law, specific examples are given, and information from a significant number of monastic centers in the lands of Ukraine is mentioned and compared.

Keywords: Divine nature, Dominican Order, works of art, metaphors, Ukrainian sacred art, architecture.

Received 6.07.2023

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