Unrealised Projects of the Christ’s Resurrection Church Competition in Kaunas 1928–1930

Recent research reveals that the UNESCO-listed Christ’s Resurrection Church in Kaunas, Lithuania, emerged from a complex, collaborative process rather than the sole authorship previously attributed to architect Karolis Reisonas. A detailed analysis of the 1928–1930 competition projects—previously unexplored in Lithuanian art studies—shows how public and architectural criticism reshaped the final design, resulting in a modernist masterpiece distinct from both the awarded and later-unimplemented proposals. The study, using historical-analytical and stylistic methods, demonstrates that the church’s artistic excellence stems from collective creativity involving multiple architects and artists, challenging traditional attribution narratives.

Slaminskienė, S. (2024). Unrealised Projects of the Christ’s Resurrection Church Competition in Kaunas 1928–1930. Art History & Criticism, 20(1), 91–111. https://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2024-0006