Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic Polish Baroque church located at 54 Grodzka Street in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland. It was built between 1597–1619 by Giovanni Maria Bernardoni who perfected the original design of Józef Britius. It is the biggest of the historic Churches of Kraków in terms of seating capacity. Since 1842 it serves the Catholic All Saints parish.
View of Church of Saints Peter and Paul from the St. Maria Magdalena Square
Main altar
The statues of Saints
The nave
The Polish Baroque lasted from the early 17th to the mid-18th century. As with Baroque style elsewhere in Europe, Poland's Baroque emphasized the richness and triumphant power of contemporary art forms. In contrast to the previous, Renaissance style which sought to depict the beauty and harmony of nature, Baroque artists strove to create their own vision of the world. The result was manifold, regarded by some critics as grand and dramatic, but sometimes also chaotic and disharmonious and tinged with affectation and religious exaltation, thus reflecting the turbulent times of the 17th-century Europe.
Portrait of Jakub Narzymski by Szymon Czechowicz, 1738
Plafond Allegory of Spring by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter, 1680s
Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków, Poland
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