ADAMCZEWSKI, Stanislaw (Polish school). 1875. - Lot 40

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ADAMCZEWSKI, Stanislaw (Polish school). 1875. - Lot 40
ADAMCZEWSKI, Stanislaw (Polish school). 1875. Spectacular design for a utopian monument with a large neoclassical dome. Pen and watercolor. Dim. 71 x 138.5 cm Some foxing. Scale at bottom of drawing: "Tab. III" (= Tavola III / Planche III), this drawing belonged to a set. Signed lower right: "Rys. S. Adamczewski, Warszawa 1875 r." [Warsaw]. A large-scale architectural project of neoclassical and imperial inspiration, dominated by a vast central dome and a strictly symmetrical composition. The ensemble displays an assertive monumental vocabulary, enriched by an abundance of statuary with varied iconography, reflecting an assertive quest for ideological grandeur. Very little is known about Polish architect Stanisław Adamczewski, who remains a mysterious and intriguing figure in the history of late-19ᵉ century Polish architecture. Active in Warsaw on private projects, he was perceived by his contemporaries as an independent, sometimes eccentric spirit, due to his ambitious and highly symbolic projects. He was part of the Egyptomania movement, a modern manifestation of the reception of Egyptian antiquity in the arts. In the 1870s, Adamczewski proposed several building projects inspired by ancient Egypt in Warsaw, notably for the Great Synagogue, but none of them was selected. This drawing is certainly part of this research. In 1880, he published a design for a monumental synagogue for Warsaw in a professional journal, which he himself described as being in the "monumental Egyptian style". The façade was conceived as a portico with twelve Egyptian-inspired columns, alluding to the twelve tribes of Israel, and crowned with cavet cornices, while various motifs (lotus, papyrus, funerary ornaments) were charged with a learned symbolic reading. His theoretical work and utopian projects, notably that of a "New Jerusalem" or a "Monument to the History of the United Slavs", bear witness to a deep interest in architectural symbolism and religious and historical references, giving his work a scholarly and visionary dimension. Zinkow, L. (2023). Polski wątek dotyczący zagadnienia elementów egipskich w architekturze synagog. Studia Żydowskie. Almanach, 13, 11-23.
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