Kilka uwag o XIX-wiecznych neobizantyńskich freskach w cerkwi greckokatolickiej pw. Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego (dawnym kościele św. Norberta) w Krakowie .......... 153

REMARKS ABOUT THE 19TH-CENTURY NEO-BYZANTINE FRESCOES IN THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ELEVATION OF THE HOLY CROSS (FORMER THE CHURCH OF ST. NORBERT) IN KRAKOW

The Krakow temple of St. Norbert, nowadays the Greek Catholic Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross is an Early Baroque building, whose interior has been transformed due to several changes in its designation. As a result of the recent conservation and adaptation works the interior of this temple corresponds to its current function as the Greek Catholic church. Within these changes the icono-stasis designed by Jan Matejko and made in the 1890s was reconstructed, as well as Neo-Byzantine paintings were exposed. These latter images are unique not only in the art of Krakow, but also of the entire region. Frescos ordered by priest Jan Borsuk on the occasion of renewal of the temple and its consecration in 1887 were replaced in 1933 with new versions of the same motifs, restored during the latest conservation works completed in 2008.The submitted article points out uncertainty of the postulate that first paintings of the temple, dating back to the 1880s, are based on the style of Ruthenian images from the Świętokrzyska Chapel (of The Holy Cross) at Wawel. Most probably the paintings from the 1880s were based on patterns of different styles popular in com-pendia printed in the western Europe and disseminated during the second half of he 19th century. Furthermore, the article pays attention to certain innovations con-nected with the last renovation in relation to the discovered program of paintings.