RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Šindlář, Ondřej
T1 Late Gothic Altarpiece from Chudenice in the Vicissitudes of Time
JF Průzkumy památek
YR 2024
VO 31
IS 1
UL https://pruzkumypamatek.cz/en/artkey/prp-202401-0003.php
AB The article follows the fate of the Late Gothic altarpiece in the Church of St John the Baptist in Chudenice from the time of its origin in the early 16th century to the present. For several centuries, this medieval artwork served as a medium for family presentation and memory and during the 19th and 20th centuries, it underwent multiple adaptations and restoration interventions. The altarpiece is viewed as a model example of the functioning, use, and perception of one work over a long period of time. This is made possible because of the unusual wealth of archival materials related to the altarpiece as well as the church and its furnishings. The altarpiece in Chudenice played (along with the mural paintings in the presbytery) a substantial role in the presentation of the ancient and prominent family of its donors, the reason why it was purposefully preserved despite the multiple modernisations of the church.