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Polish Art and Architecture encompasses the visual arts and architectural styles developed in Poland from the Middle Ages to the present. It reflects the country's historical, cultural, and social evolution, influenced by various movements and periods, including Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and modernist trends, showcasing both national identity and international interactions.
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Polish Art and Architecture encompasses the visual arts and architectural styles developed in Poland from the Middle Ages to the present. It reflects the country's historical, cultural, and social evolution, influenced by various movements and periods, including Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and modernist trends, showcasing both national identity and international interactions.

Key research themes

1. How did Socialist Realism influence sculpture as an ideological and artistic tool in post-war Poland?

This research theme examines the imposition, adaptation, and aesthetic paradigms of socialist realist sculpture in Poland between 1949 and 1956, a period when socialist realism became the only officially sanctioned artistic style in the country. It highlights sculpture’s dual role as both a medium of state propaganda and a marker of collective identity in public spaces. This theme matters because it reveals how art was mobilized to serve political ideologies, shaped public memory through monuments, and negotiated between Soviet dictates and local artistic traditions, including sacral art influences.

Key finding: The paper identifies three main directions of socialist realist sculpture in Poland—heroic, portrait, and architectural–decorative—and demonstrates how these served as material carriers of Soviet ideology while also... Read more

2. What are the defining characteristics and historical significance of Polish furniture design from the interwar period to the Polish People’s Republic?

This theme focuses on the evolution of Polish furniture and interior design across two pivotal periods: the avant-garde Bauhaus-inspired designs of the interwar years and the iconic furniture of the Polish People's Republic (PRL) in the 1950s and 1960s. It considers the influences of international styles such as Art Deco, Bauhaus, and functionalism, and explores how Polish designers negotiated between global trends and national artistic identity. These findings are crucial for understanding Poland’s cultural modernization, material culture, and design innovation under shifting political and economic contexts.

Key finding: This paper highlights how Polish designers of the 1920s and 1930s integrated Bauhaus principles of functionality, new materials, and geometric form into furniture design while preserving national traditions such as the... Read more
Key finding: This study presents iconic Polish furniture designs from the 1950s and 1960s that innovatively used materials such as bent steel and plywood and combined functionality with aesthetic appeal under socialist conditions. It... Read more

3. How did modernist architectural ideas adapt and manifest in Polish urban housing estates in the post-war period within local and geopolitical contexts?

This theme investigates the reception and local adaptation of international modernist architecture, especially the modern movement typified by industrial-scale housing estates, within the Polish context during the second half of the twentieth century. By comparative analysis with a Turkish case, it studies how local political, cultural, and socio-economic factors shaped the morphological, compositional, and functional characteristics of housing developments. Understanding this helps contextualize Polish post-war urbanism and architectural heritage within broader global modernism and local realities.

Key finding: The research reveals that while Polish post-war housing estates like those in Tychy share formal modernist features with Izmir’s housing developments, local conditions—such as communist governance, socio-economic policies,... Read more

All papers in Polish Art and Architecture

The author explores the origins and Templar-related themes present in Polish literature and art from the medieval period through to contemporary popular culture, highlighting both European connections and unique meanings that appear... more
Marc Chagall and Reuven Rubin embody opposite poles of Jewish modernism: Chagall, the fractured immigrant painting exile and memory in Paris, and Rubin, the rooted immigrant sanctifying Zionist rebirth in Palestine. Together, they reveal... more
Zaproponowana przez twórców wystawy Tożsamość. 100 lat polskiej architektury periodyzacja dziejów polskiej architektury po roku 1918 z podziałem na okresy 1918−1939, 1939−1956, 1956−1970, 1970−1989 i 1989−2018 budząc wątpliwość stanowi... more
W niniejszej publikacji cztery dzieła architektury powstałe w Polsce w XXI wieku zostały zestawione parami w dwa kierunki w architekturze dobrane pod kątem zbiorów łączących je cech. Główny temat publikacji uzupełniają wstępne rozważania... more
In 1927, construction commenced on the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice, the capital of the diocese which had been established two years earlier. The design of the cathedral was by Zygmunt Gawlik. Concurrently, Xawery Dunikowski,... more
In 1926, the parish of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, encompassing the city centre of Katowice, was under the administration of Fr Emil Szramek, a prominent figure in the intellectual milieu of the capital of the... more
Tekst omawia okoliczności posługi duszpasterskiej braci dominikanów z konwentu w Płocku w diecezjalnej parafii Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Panny Marii w Tłuchowie (Ziemia Dobrzyńska) i prezentuje ich życiorysy. Liczne grono płockich braci... more
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The Kilim Rug Design at the School of Decorative Arts and Artistic Industry in Cracow during the Inter-War Period. The article contains a discussion of the activity of the kilim rug design atelier at the Textile Department (Weaving... more
Praca stanowi monograficzne opracowanie architektury Świątyni Miłosierdzia i Miłości w Płocku wraz z zespołem klasztornym, obiektu powstałego między 1911 a 1914 wg projektu Jana M. Michała Kowalskiego z zespołem. Istotną część rozważań... more
This article presents the life and work of Zofia Czarnocka-Kowalska (1919–1979), a key artist involved in the reconstruction of post-war Warsaw. As the chief visual designer of the Old Town Route, she had a significant impact on the... more
This source edition includes the inventory of the Jesuit college in Minsk, issued on the turn of 1773 and 1774 in the aftermath of the suppression of the Society of Jesus. The inventory includes a description of the college building, a... more
Studia E ckie 15 (2013) nr 1 O RZECZPOSPOLITEJ SZTABI SKIEJ, HISTORII I PRACY DUSZPASTERSKIEJ -WSPOMNIENIA KSI DZA JAKUBA RÓ KOWSKIEGO JAKO DOKUMENT CZASÓW nie mija 80 lat od ukazania si w Warszawie, w 1933 roku, niewielkiej ksi ki... more
Polsko-angielski przewodnik towarzyszący wystawie "Artystka. Anna Bilińska 1854–1893". Publikacja zawiera wybór dzieł prezentowanych na ekspozycji wraz z komentarzami oraz ilustrowane kalendarium życia i twórczości. Esej wprowadzający... more
Katalog towarzyszący wystawie monograficznej "Artystka. Anna Bilińska 1854–1893". To pierwsze tak wyczerpujące opracowanie dorobku Bilińskiej – polskiej malarki, przedstawicielki realizmu akademickiego, tworzącej głównie w Paryżu. Jej... more
This paper attempts to interpret the 'Portrait of Sculptor George Grey Barnard in His Atelier' (State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, USA), one of the most eminent American sculptors. With the help of archive materials, it was... more
CENTURYAt the end of the 18th century the parish of Dobrzechów was one of the wealthi-est parishes in the Strzyżów deanery of the Kraków diocese. In the 19th century it was managed by many distinguished parish priests. For those whose... more
Jacek Kowalski, Wespazjana Kochowskiego Arx felicitatis. O frontispisie Niepróżnującego próżnowania, w: Pisanie i czytanie architektury, red. Agata Stankowska, Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake, „Literatura i sztuka” t. 7, Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego... more
Odkrycia najczęściej są dziełem przypadku. W naszej historii też tak było. Podczas kwerendy archiwalnej poświęconej historii powstania Muzeum w Białymstoku natrafiłam na korespondencję Wojewódzkiego Konserwatora Zabytków Władysława... more
Losy skarbów Hochbergów . Zamek Książ -Fuerstenstein, pałac Czettritzów jako miejsce ukrycia sreber i klejnotów Hochbergów. Powojenne losy wyposażenia zamku Książ. Tajemniczy konwój z klejnotami księżnej Daisy opuszcza Wałbrzych. Zmierzch... more
We invite submissions for the tenth issue of Elementy. Sztuka i Dizajn, an academic journal published by the Publishing House of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. The launch of ChatGPT on 30 November 2022 by OpenAI can be seen as a... more
In the Shadow of War: Exhibitions of Johann Georg Pinsel's Sculptures at Wawel Royal Castle Museum The military conflict in Ukraine has, of course, had a tangible impact on the preservation and presentation of its cultural heritage. Some... more
Niemal dokładnie w połowie XIX wieku, w 1852 roku, pochodzący ze Lwowa Henryk Rodakowski zdobył medal pierwszej klasy na paryskim Salonie. Choć był to sukces bezprecedensowy, to oczywiście nie był on pierwszym wywodzącym się ze stolicy... more
Tematem pracy jest przedstawienie motywu pamięci obecnego w malarstwie artysty-Janusza Tarabuły. Scharakteryzowano malarstwo materii jako nurt stylistyczny stanowiący odpowiedź na potrzebę wyrażenia traum związanych z koszmarem wojny i... more
Бібліографічний покажчик містить інформацію про книжкові видання та публікації, присвячені ансамблю Підгорецького замку, одному з найгарніших палацово-паркових комплексів Галичини, що з 1997 року є музейним підрозділом Львівської... more
This paper analyses an unpublished 1812 drawing for a monumental city gate in Lugo, near Ravenna (Italy). The unrealised project, featuring a triumphal arch dedicated to Napoleon II, is examined in detail in the first part of the study.... more
“… there was a Jewish Queen Esther whose husband Casimir granted the Jews of Poland special liberties as a result of her influence”.
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Korespondencja kardynała Carla Barberiniego, protektora Polski w kurii rzymskiej (1681-1704), przechowywana w Bibliotece Apostolskiej Watykańskiej (zespół Barberini Latini), zawiera informacje o podróży do Rzymu Jerzego Szymonowicza i... more
This article examines the intricate relationship between publicity and secrecy in the Warsaw Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland in the context of its sub-imperial status under Russian suzerainty. It focuses chiefly on the three conventions of... more
This essay explores the role of visual art in Holocaust education through a comparative analysis of two major sculptural works by Nathan Rapoport: the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument (1958) in Poland and The Ghetto Fighters (1951) in... more
The preservation and documentation of historical monuments in Europe, initiated during the Enlightenment and expanded in Romanticism, saw significant contributions from Poland, particularly in the Kingdom of Poland under Russian rule.... more
Celem niniejszego artykułu jest prezentacja ostatnich ustaleń dotyczących biografii, związków rodzinnych oraz kariery zawodowej inżyniera wojskowego i architekta Pierre'a Ricauda de Tirregaille'a. Zrekonstruowana biografia Ricauda ukazuje... more
Książka Bodies and Maps: Early Modern Personifications of the Continents już przez swój tytuł odwołuje się do dwóch odmiennych obszarów poszukiwań badawczych. Pierwsza, niejako semantycznie definiująca książkę część tytułu nawiązuje do... more
The issue of implementation of Mehoffer’s projects of paintings in John III Sobieski’s Chapel in the church on the Kahlenberg, 1911–1914, in the light of the preserved archives St. Joseph’s Church on Kahlenberg, built for Camaldolese... more
Church inventories recorded in the early modern period have for many years constituted the fundamental source for all research on the history and art of the church and monastery of the Holy Trinity in Kraków. Preserved in the Archives of... more
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