THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF ASSENTION AT KAŠTEL LUKŠIĆ AND ANTEPENDIUM FRAMES OF ITS ALTARS

The church of Our Lady of Assention at Kaštel Lukšić is of a gothic-rennaissance style. It is a single naved building with an apse, a small open belfry and two side chapels. It has been built in the XVth century and was in the possesion of the noble Vitturi family. The same has been used by the population as the parish church until the XIXth century when the new one has been constructed. Basides its specific architecture it preserved a rich inside inventary. There are six wooden baroque altars with antependium frames dating from the second half of the XVIth century and the same are of the utmost importance in this study. Although some of the elements might be considered as being made by Italian artists, there is a certain similarity to the work by local ones. In that respect this study should indicate and start researching this problem in a wider Dalmatian area. In the same church even the wooden choir balcony fence constructed by local artists from XVth century, a bell in empire style, tombstones with inscription and carving of arms from the XVth and XVIth centuries, wooden sculptures by local artists, old paintings. Two frescoes in the south chapel from cca 1600. with scenes »Christening« and »Birth« deserve special attention