"Vilnijos invazija" XIX a. antrosios pusės iliustruotuose Varšuvos savaitraščiuose

LTStraipsnyje aptariamas mažai tyrinėtas senosios vilnietiškosios ikonografijos sluoksnis, kurį sudaro XIX a. antrojoje pusėje iliustruotuose Varšuvos savaitraščiuose publikuotos iliustracijos. Aiškėja jų santykis su to meto fotografija, vietinių ir atvykusių dailininkų kūryba, vilnietiškos tematikos graviūrų vieta bendresniame lituanistinės ikonogafijos kontekste. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Vilniaus vaizdai; Iliustruoti Varšuvos savaitraščiai; Ksilografija; Fotografija; Vilnius images; Illustrated weeklies of Warsaw; Xylography; Photography.

ENThe article discusses the iconography of old Vilnius - an interesting and valuable field which has as yet attracted only a modicum of investigation in Lithuanian art criticism, and which consists of the illustrations published in the weeklies of Warsaw in the 2nd half of the 19th century (Tygodnik ilustrowany, Kłosy, Biesiada literacka, Tygodnik powszechny). By the late 19th century, around 80 various images of Vilnius had appeared in these weeklies in the shape of xylographs (panoramas, architecture and art monuments, and corners of nature in the city). Illustrations reproduced in a different fashion were also published; the latter included a significant number of portraits of notable Vilnius figures (cultural activists, artists, priests). According to available statistics, the weeklies' focus on Vilnius was not determined by special occasions or short-term. From 1859 onwards the old capital of Lithuania received attention almost annually; moreover, in 1872 Tygodnik ilustrowany published 9 illustrations on the subject of Vilnius. Although until the mid-19th century, the depiction of Vilnius was "monopolized" mainly by local artists or at least to artists who were closely related to Vilnius. The onset of modernity (railway, photography, xylographical press) meant that the city became much more accessible to fresh, outside eyes. This, in turn, led to the control of the iconography of the city being transferred to Warsaw for some time. Such gravitation was also encouraged by the policy of the Russian Empire in Lithuania, which after the 1863 uprising converted the country into a deep cultural province. The illustrated weeklies of Warsaw became one of those windows through which the world could see Lithuania and Lithuania could see the world.This also meant that these "inclusions of Vilnius", which were permanently on show within these weeklies, slowly became an integral part of Polish visual culture. The latter tendency surely found an echo in the developing aspirations of the modern Polish nation towards Vilnius and the entire heritage of the GDL in general. We may even argue that it was precisely the illustrated press of the 2nd half of the 19th century who materialized that vision of Vilnius which had already by the 1st half of the century become seeded in Polish self-consciousness by the romantic poets who originated from this city. [From the publication]

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