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O U R LIFE MONTHLY, published by Ukrainian National Women's League of America Vol. XLVI _____________________________ FEBRUARY 1989 No. 2 THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM — A cultural experience. “TREASURES OF EARLY UKRAINIAN ART — Religious Art of the 16th — 18th Centuries” an exhibition of icons, manuscripts and early printed books opened on March 11th at the Ukrainian Museum in New York City. The exhibit consists of twenty-three transparencies of icons from three iconostases created at the end of the 16th and first half of the 17th centuries, four manuscripts, eighteen early printed books, religious textiles and other related objects. The icon holds an important and honored place in Ukrainian art, its significance further enhanced by the role that it has played throughout the centuries in the spiritual life of the Ukrainian people. The icon’s true place in a church is in the icono stasis, which is the screen that separates the nave of the church where the congregation stands from the area reserved for the altar. The iconostatis is a complex artis tic com position of wood carving, sculpture and painting. Almost every icon in the iconostasis functions as a component of a monumental design, relating to the whole in terms of theme, style and color. Nonetheless, each icon can also be viewed as a self-contained work, conveying the style of its period and the individual artis tic expression of its author. The iconostases in the exhibition are from the Church of St. Paraskeva Piatnytsia in L’viv, from the Church of the Holy Spirit in the city of Rohatyn, and from the Church of the Assumption in the village of Zhovtantsi near L’viv. The St. Paraskeva and the Holy Spirit iconostases are the oldest of such examples to have survived to our time in their original form. Their value is further enhanced by the fact that they have remained in the churches for which they were created. All the icons included in this exhibit have been res tored. The transparencies seen at the exhibition were made following restoration. The St. Paraskeva iconosta sis was restored in 1981, that of the Church of the Holy Spirit in 1985, and the Church of the Assumption in 1973. Included in the exhibition, in addition to early printed books, which provide additional insight into the atmo sphere of the age in which the iconostases were created, are several manuscripts — a fragment of the Gospels from the period of the Galician-Volhynian Principality (end of the 12th century), and three later (16th and 17th century) liturgical books. The exhibition has been curated by Stefania Hna- tenko, assistant to the Director of the Ukrainian Museum. The accompanying forty-four page catalogue, written by Ms. Hnatenko, is illustrated by thirty five photographs and published in English and Ukrainian languages. An audio/visual bilingual presentation is offered with the exhibition. The transparencies of icons on display are from the museum’s collection. The manuscripts, books and reli gious objects are on loan from private collections of the Hordynsky family of Verona, NJ; Lukia and Theodosij Hryciw of Philadelphia, PA; Edward Kasinec of NYC; institutions such as the New York Public Library, Slavic and Baltic Division; The Ukrainian Diocesan Museum and Library in Staford, CT; The Heritage Institute of the Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Passaic, NJ; St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, NJ; The Ukrainian Institute of America in NYC. The Ukrainian Museum is located at 203 Second Avenue, (at 12th Street), NYC 10003; tel. #212 228-0110. It is open Wednesday through Sunday, 1 — 5 pm. Admission is $1, seniors and students with I.D. 50Ф, children under 6 free. 20 ’’НАШЕ Ж ИТТЯ”, ЛЮ ТИЙ 1989 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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