The goal and mission of the House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation:
The House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation will work in the Spirit of Christianity for all people in Slovakia with great influence abroad. It is intended to help achieve Peace, Good and Beauty. Its goal is to raise the living and artistic standards of the population and improve people’s living conditions. This is to be achieved by the coordinated activities of the entire House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation, concentrated around the Shrine.
The scope of work activities of the entire House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation will require the work of about 36 permanent employees. In Slovakia, there are more than 1,482 parishes, 2,627 churches and an uncounted number of chapels.
The House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation will work for the benefit of the whole of Slovakia and thus for all dioceses and eparchies, serving all parishes and citizens of Slovakia. The work will be carried out by experts at low prices.
Through fine arts, education and evangelisation, the aim of the House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation is to create lasting values worthy of God’s glory for the artistic, material and spiritual benefit of the population, for better living conditions and for strengthening health and well-being throughout Slovakia by increasing quality, improving consistency and precision of artistic and craft activities. Workshops, studios and schools that will be created within this project will be of excellent quality, better than in any other school in Slovakia.
The House of Fine Arts will affect all areas of visual culture and expression in Slovakia.
All activities in the workshops, studios and schools will be organised by an ordering office. All employees will be specifically guided to perform transparent, consistent, precise and responsible work.
Each employee in the workshops, studios, schools and offices will pursue to create constant financial gain, while ensuring the safe functioning of the entire House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation. Economic agenda of the project is prepared in the Preliminary Economic Balance Sheet. The costs of building the House of Fine Arts is to reach EUR 3 million. A lot of work will be carried out at our own expense.
The entire building of the House of Fine Arts will be constructed with the greatest possible use of all space.
Based on the documentation from the consecration or blessing of the foundation stone by the Holy Father Pope Francis, all matters related to the construction, including the necessary funds, will be dealt with faster and easier.
Main parts of the building of the House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation:
Shrine
Premises of the permanent exhibition of the History of Christianity
Premises of the permanent exhibition of the Christian and Sacred Fine Arts
Premises of the alternating exhibitions of the Christian and Sacred Fine Arts
Lecture rooms
Workshops, 2 restoration studios, United Fine Art Church School (elementary art church school and vocational art church school for goldsmiths and jewellers), chapel, depository, archive, library, living space, dining room, kitchen, shops – works of art and devotional articles, …
Basic dimensions of the building of the House of Fine Arts – Christian Centre for Fine Arts and Evangelisation:
Building height in mm
From the basement to the top of the tower 27,000
A tower featuring an angel is to serve primarily as a work of art and a symbol of Peace.
Floor height 3,500
Building length 42,750
Building width 37,750
Shrine 25,000 times 12,250
Halls: History of Christianity 15,000 times 14,000
Hall for the permanent exhibition of Christian and Sacred Fine Arts
Hall for the alternating exhibitions of Christian and Sacred Fine Arts
20,000 times 15,000
Workshops, studios and schools will be located predominantly on one floor.
Other dimensions can be found in the Art Architectural Study.
New things can be added.
Jozef Absolon Artist and Teacher