The above text examines the 11th Congress of the International Association of Art Critics
(AICA) organised in the People’s Republic of Poland in September of 1975 upon the
initiative of Professor Juliusz Starzyński, who...
This essay is an attempt to look at the work of the eminent ethnologist Bronisław
Malinowski as an artistic creation. His work could be of interest to visual arts researchers.
In this essay, his work is treat ed as a col...
The question whether Monet’s Water Lilies are a separate phenomenon, a manifestation of
“the crisis of Impressionism” or a simple and consistent continuation of his research has
long been present in the history of modern...
Despite the considerable influence he exerted on post-war church architecture in Poland, the designer Władysław Pieńkowski (1907–1991) is today an altogether forgotten figure. The current paper outlines his biography and...
Depictions of military martyrs were among the most popular subjects in icon painting in Rus’. Between the 11th and the 17th century local workshops adopted canonical Byzantine models and gradually developed and changed t...
Looking Back at Looking Forward: Art Exhibitions in Poland for the 1975 AICA Congress
The above text examines the 11th Congress of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) organised in the People’s Republic of Poland in September of 1975 upon the initiative of Professor Juliusz Starzyński, who...
“Ethnology Has Introduced Law and Order”: Remarks on the Works of Bronisław Malinowski as a “Hybrid Activity”
This essay is an attempt to look at the work of the eminent ethnologist Bronisław Malinowski as an artistic creation. His work could be of interest to visual arts researchers. In this essay, his work is treat ed as a col...
The Crisis of Impressionism or Claude Monet’s New Realism?
The question whether Monet’s Water Lilies are a separate phenomenon, a manifestation of “the crisis of Impressionism” or a simple and consistent continuation of his research has long been present in the history of modern...
Modernity and Compromise: The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Warsaw and its Designer Władysław Pieńkowski
Despite the considerable influence he exerted on post-war church architecture in Poland, the designer Władysław Pieńkowski (1907–1991) is today an altogether forgotten figure. The current paper outlines his biography and...
The Icons of Military Saints in Rus’. An Attempt at Classifying Iconographic Types from before the Beginning of the 17th Century
Depictions of military martyrs were among the most popular subjects in icon painting in Rus’. Between the 11th and the 17th century local workshops adopted canonical Byzantine models and gradually developed and changed t...