Continuation Diary 5Days Trip Silesia Poland
Walking with Ihor in Legnica having fun
online diary PART II
Surprising stunning artwork applied in the interior of the St. Mary Church in Legnica
Next day, early morning, I lay in my supersized hotel bed (white super clean scentless sheets okay, pillow okay, matras okay, all is just okay) and think about dreams. I always like having them, preferably connected with my memory. My first awaking experience in another country, Poland, is not sentimental but intellectual, I ask myself the simple question: what did I dream last night? Now that I am awake in an other country than my own, I expected something rather funny, don’t know why, something absurd.
Dreams occur during sleep, that I know, they are revealing something about the mental state of the dreamer himself who maybe experienced a blur of thoughts, while vague images passing through the mind, but surprisingly nothing happened, nothing I can recall, couldn’t tell that I have been dreaming. No charming lady on the scene, a dreamed one, dancing with exciting bodily movements, whispering with tender voice welcome in Poland.
We go sightseeing walking straight direction centre, the rynek of Legnica. There’s the St. Mary’s Church proudly standing. A wonderful piece of Gothic architecture, 14th century. We observe the building indifferently, not impressed, it’s empty or closed, restoration maybe, we continu our walk up to the next attraction.
I decide to visit the church the next day by myself. And am surprised. The artwork is stunning, high ceilings, pointed arches, and intricate stonework, just amazing, such beautiful repetitive geometric patterns.
This church has a history, don’t they all? The current interior today is a blend of original Gothic elements, Baroque additions, and post-war restorations, some pieces, like religious statues and stained glass, may be replicas.
Who were they, the men who painted this ages ago? Their work has some stunning likeness with modern art.
Just unbelievable how their control of brushes worked, not using any tape. And the colour scheme, does it have a special (symbolic) meaning? The choice of colours is strictly disciplined, just as in the style how I paint, in the tradition of minimalism, which much later occurred in 1950 earliest, 1960 highlighted in America.
Seen with the eyes of an atheist, one word pops up: Radiant. Unbelievable energy, I just don’t believe what I see here. Such beautiful visuals. Amazing! How long did the craftsmen work before they reached this result? Ages. Its surely decorative but I am willing to believe it has an extra abstraction, a double layer.
Nowhere any signal red. The sienna and the brow and the yellow, mixed with grey and blue, I love it, talented artists must have been at work here, long before minimalism was introduced.
Not one of the pillars are the same, but spaced out together it’s pure harmony. Gives a feeling in abstract way, kind of a sense of togetherness. A real relieve in our time of polarisation.
This ceiling looks like a spider web. Was it functional, from an architectural point of view? Constructive roof? Why not simple horizontal? But the way contrast has been used, that’s advanced mathematics, like science long before Einstein or Spinoza was born.
I am enjoying the artwork and the efforts of it all, then I suddenly see depicted on stained glass window the static terrifying portrait of Luther, the German religious fanatic. Right, time to leave the church.
Diary 5days trip Silesia Poland to be continued soon, part III