The Baptism of Christ 

Jerzy Nowosielski's "The Baptism of Christ" presents a striking composition through its geometric stylization and the raw texture of the wood panel. The iconographic representation of the baptism is distilled into essential forms, with figures rendered in flattened perspectives and bold outlines, a colour palette of ochre, blue and green. Nowosielski's reduction of form reflects a deep engagement with Byzantine art tradition, yet it simultaneously embraces modernism's simplification of visual language. The linear quality of the painting, combined with its spatial ambiguity, challenges conventional notions of depth and perspective, inviting us to consider the symbolic rather than the purely representational aspects of the scene. Ultimately, the artwork's power lies in its ability to convey profound spiritual meaning through the structural elements of line, shape, and form. The strategic deployment of color, especially the halos, serves to define and elevate the figures within a symbolic realm. Nowosielski's Baptism becomes a dynamic exploration of faith through a rigorously formal artistic vocabulary.