Church of the Holy Cross, Rauma

Description

The medieval wall paintings of the former Franciscan convent church in Rauma (Satakunta), now known as the Church of the Holy Cross. The paintings are dated between 1510 to 1522. Only the paintings in the chancel area remain and they were heavily overpainted during restauration in 1891. At that time, explanatory texts in Finnish were also added. The overpainted images have been left in their current form as an evidence of the restauration ideals of the late 19th century.

Year of publication

2022

Authors

University of Helsinki

Janika Aho - Rights holder, Creator

University of Turku

Vilma Mättö - Publisher

Other information

Fields of science

Visual arts and design

Language

English

Open access

Open

License

Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY NC SA 3.0)

Keywords

seinämaalaukset, keskiaika, keskiajan taide, kirkkotaide, kivikirkko, kristillinen taide, kyrkokonst, kyrkomålning, medieval art, mural painting, muralmålning, seinämaalaus, wall painting, kirkkomaalaukset, Rauma, Satakunta

Subject headings

Christian art, church art, church paintings, Middle Ages, mural paintings, stone churches