The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chicago: A Complicated Story of the Search for Lithuanian Identity

Q3 Arts and Humanities
Vaidas Petrulis
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Summary The article examines the complicated history of the search for Lithuanian identity in the church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chicago. After leaving their homeland in the aftermath of World War II, the Lithuanian community struggled to maintain its national identity under difficult conditions of emigration. The search for a Lithuanian architectural character became an important part of this political task. Based on a case study, a church near Chicago’s densely populated Marquette Park in Lithuania, the text analyzes the Lithuanian community’s debate about the cultural and political mission of Lithuanian architecture in exile, and the way to express it. Although the concept of the national style had already emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century, post-war technological progress and the unfamiliar context of emigration brings additional questions to the subject. The article argues that historical reminiscences in the church are more an ethical than an aesthetic choice. This approach embodies the specific cultural expectations of the community and is, at least partially, in line with the critique of modernism from regionalist point of view.
芝加哥圣母玛利亚的诞生教堂:寻找立陶宛身份的复杂故事
这篇文章考察了在芝加哥圣母玛利亚诞生教堂寻找立陶宛身份的复杂历史。在第二次世界大战结束后,立陶宛人离开了他们的祖国,在艰难的移民条件下努力保持其民族身份。寻找立陶宛建筑特色成为这项政治任务的重要组成部分。本文以立陶宛芝加哥人口稠密的马奎特公园附近的一座教堂为例,分析了立陶宛社区关于立陶宛建筑在流亡中的文化和政治使命的争论,以及表达方式。虽然民族风格的概念在二十世纪初就已经出现,但战后的技术进步和不熟悉的移民背景给这个主题带来了更多的问题。本文认为,教堂的历史回忆与其说是一种审美选择,不如说是一种伦理选择。这种方法体现了社区特定的文化期望,至少在一定程度上符合地域主义对现代主义的批判。
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Art History and Criticism
Art History and Criticism Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
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