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15-879: [REDACTED] Look up Boim  or Boym in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boim or Boym , or a romanization of the Yiddish noun בוים ('tree'), is a Yiddish variation of the family name Baum and may refer to: Michał Boym (1612–1659), Polish Jesuit Benedykt Boym  [ pl ] (1629–1670), Polish Catholic priest, Jesuit , author of theological works Svetlana Boym , Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University. Yaron Boim  [ he ] (born 1965), Israeli educator Ze`ev Boim , Israeli politician See also [ edit ] Chapel of Boim family [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

30-574: A small dome, having a statue of Christ on top. The walls of the chapel are focused according to the sides of the world. Entablature creates the external appearance of the walls, which revolves around them, breaking down in accordance with their relief. The southern side is closed with a residential house, which is attached to the chapel. It was built in the 19th century. The eastern wall is divided by five pilasters and decorated with two mural portraits of Georgy Boim and his wife, Jadwiga. The portraits were created in 1617, by Jan Gianni. The northern wall

45-463: Is also divided by pilasters. Two fresco images are located there: the Virgin and Jesus Christ. A bas-relief of Saint George (the name saint of Georgy Boim) fighting the dragon is situated on the wall of the octagonal tambour. The façade’s decorations are attributed to Andrzej Bemer. The western wall is considered to be the most important. It includes a great amount of decorative elements. The whole facade

60-472: Is covered densely with figures and ornamental sculptures, made of sandstone. The facade is divided with cartouche frieze and cornice on two parts. The upper part is decorated with two corinthian columns. The lower part is decorated with six corinthian columns. It also includes the statues of the Apostles Peter and Paul, which are located in the niches on both sides, with the prophets’ circular medallions over

75-609: Is credited with the foundation of the chapel. The building was finished by his son, Paweł Boim. 14 members of the Boim family are buried there. The chapel was designed by Andrzej Bemer . He followed a simplified diagram of the architecture of the Sigismund's Chapel at the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków with Italians' elements. In the second half of the 18th century, the chapel was replaced by

90-851: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Boim [REDACTED] Look up Boim  or Boym in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boim or Boym , or a romanization of the Yiddish noun בוים ('tree'), is a Yiddish variation of the family name Baum and may refer to: Michał Boym (1612–1659), Polish Jesuit Benedykt Boym  [ pl ] (1629–1670), Polish Catholic priest, Jesuit , author of theological works Svetlana Boym , Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University. Yaron Boim  [ he ] (born 1965), Israeli educator Ze`ev Boim , Israeli politician See also [ edit ] Chapel of Boim family [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

105-590: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Chapel of Boim family The chapel was built for the Boim family on the territory of a contemporary urban cemetery near the Latin Cathedral . The Boims came to Lviv ( Polish : Lwów , then in the Kingdom of Poland ) from the Kingdom of Hungary . Their national origin is unclear. They were affluent patricians of Catholic background and became polonized . George (Jerzy) Boim ( Hungarian : György Boym )

120-462: The surname Boim . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boim&oldid=1053830419 " Categories : Surnames Ashkenazi surnames Yiddish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

135-462: The surname Boim . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boim&oldid=1053830419 " Categories : Surnames Ashkenazi surnames Yiddish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

150-478: The Lviv cemetery as a burial place for the Boim family. The chapel combines a variety of stylistic trends. The ornamental decorations are of Dutch provenance. The narrative reliefs bear some degree of resemblance to those found in central and southern Poland, but are presumably based on German or Dutch graphic models. The appearance of the facade and the altar recalls the iconostasis form. The sculptor Jan Scholtz, who

165-535: The chapel’s interior are made by Hans Ficher. The dome is divided into 36 rectangular panels, recessed in three rows. They fill the figures of Christ, the apostles, prophets, angels with instruments of the Passion Pańzkiej and saints. At the top of the dome there is the octagonal lantern light. This arrangement gives the impression of a much bigger height chapel than it actually is. Three round windows provide chapel’s interior lighting. Two of them are situated at

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180-478: The dome. On the pendentives, which have the rich framing of the telescopes from both sides. This framing consists of a flat – convex brass motifs and medallions with heads of angels, the same type as on the frieze external. On the pendentives there are angels, which hold cartouches with images of divinities, coats of arms and house marks . Beneath them there are figurines of patrons, both founders: St. Stanislaus and Adalbert of Prague . The majority of sculptures of

195-647: The door, windows and niches. Though this facade demonstrates the impression of exaggeration and manners. In the second tier of the cartouche above sculpture’s images of the prophets are located the quotes from the Bible in Latin (on the facade from left to right): The third tier has many relief images. It contains compositions, dedicated to the Passion of Christ: "Castigate", "Carrying the Christ," "Crucifixion", "Withdrawal of Christ." Due to

210-399: The expressiveness these compositions and the interior’s composition are called "Bible of the poor". As it does not need to know the letters, to understand the essence. The interior of the chapel includes four stone figures of prophets, located in the altar, which resembles some images on frieze. The whole plastic decoration is made of stucco. A special attention is paid to pendentives and

225-434: Was likely responsible for the second stage of the work, originated from Königsberg . The quality of the design and the lack of moderation persists in Kraków active works of Italian masters, but acting example of bourgeois art. The chapel was built on a square plan and is covered by a paneled dome based on an octagonal tambour. On the chapel lantern rises on eight fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals, covered again with

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