The exhibition “Between being and memory. Old images of Vilnius castles” catalog meeting

Compilers of the publication and authors of texts participate in the catalog meeting Dr. Vydas DOLINSKAS, Acad. Dr. (hp) Rūta JANONIENĖ, Rita LELEKAUSKAITĖ-KARLIENĖ, Gabija TUBELEVIČIŹĖ and book reviewers Dr. Lina BALAIŠYTĖ and Assoc. Dr. Rasa BUTVILAITĖ.

The event is moderated Dr. Ramune ŠMIGELSKYTĖ-STUKIENĖ.

Vilnius Castle was the most important political, spiritual, economic, military, diplomatic, administrative and cultural center of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. For the occupying power in the 18th century. at the end of the 19th century after the demolition of the palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania at the beginning, the historical residence was revived in the 19th-20th centuries. in the work and research of artists, photographers, architects and other authors. in 2023 In the exhibition “Between Being and Memory. Old images of Vilnius castles” presented to visitors the historical iconography of Vilnius castles and one of their most important highlights – the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania – carefully collected by museum workers: panoramic views of the city of Vilnius, plans, maps, watercolors, graphic works, photographs, postcards.

The exhibition “Between Being and Memory. Old images of Vilnius castles” catalog publishes introductory articles and scientific research by the organizers of the exhibition, reviewing the depiction of the palaces of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and other buildings of Vilnius castles in iconographic sources from the 14th century. the end of the 20th century the end The catalog part of the publication consists of five parts, divided according to chronological and thematic principles: I. “Topography. Vilnius castles in plans and panoramas”, II. “Being. Vilnius Castle in Old Iconography”, III. “Living. Vilnius Castle in the visions of romantics”, IV. “(De)lease. Destruction of the historical landscape”, V. “Restoration. Recovery Ideas and Plans”. The publication presents nearly 200 exhibits exhibited at the exhibition.