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Architecture in Poland
Pre-Romanesque Architecture
The oldest pre-Romanesque architectural monuments are
traces of X century discovered on a Salvator hill in Cracow, the
remnants of the rotunda of St. Felix on Wawel Hill, the ruins in Ostrów
Lednicki near Gniezno.
The ruins in Ostrów Lednicki near Gniezno
Salwator in Cracow
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture spread in XI-XIII century.; preserved primarily religious monuments: churches and
monasteries in Kraków, Strzelno, Tum, Czerwiensk, Opatów.
Collegiate in Tum Saint Procop’s rotunda in Strzelno
Gothic architecture
At the beginning of the thirteenth century began to popularize the
Gothic architecture. Monuments of Gothic architecture include Cathedral in Wroclaw, Wawel Cathedral, town halls in Wroclaw and Torun, Artus
Court, the castle in Malbork.
Cathedral in Wrocław Artus's Court in Gdańsk
Renaissance architecture
Monuments of Renaissance architecture include Zygmunt's
Chapel, attics and arcade courtyards at Wawel, town halls in Poznan, Sandomierz, town houses
and defensive walls in Gdansk.
Defensive walls in Gdańsk
Zygmunt's Chapel on Wawel
Baroque architectureResidence of John III
Sobieski in Wilanów and Aula Leopoldina in Wroclaw are in the
style of Baroque architecture.
Residence of Jan III Sobieski in Wilanów
The Aula Leopoldina in Wrocław
Rococo architecturalRococo architecture monuments are
Saxon Gardens, Palace Brühl, rural manor houses, the facade of the
Belvedere Palace, the Grand Theatre in Warsaw and most of all tenement houses Krakow, Poznan, Gdansk,
Wroclaw.
Palace BrühlSaxon Gardens in Warsaw
The Grand Theatre in Warsaw
Modernist ArchitectureModernist
Architecture (30s XXcentury) use
decorations instead of appropriable
advantages (Palace of Culture and
Science, Constitution Square). Palace of Culture and
Science
Craft in Poland
CeramicsCeramics is one of the oldest handicrafts.
BlacksmithingBlacksmithing is profession that involves the creation of (forging), metal objects, eg. Kettles, horseshoes, nails, tools, weapons. The most common artistic blacksmith products are:- fences - balcony's railings,- window's bars,- gates and gate input, - other ornaments.
SaddlerSaddler is a craftsman who makes leather saddles for horses.
TailorTailor – craftsman who sews (by hand - needle or machine) women's men's and children's underwear and spring, autumn and winter clothing.
CarpenterCarpenter - it's a profession associated with the processing of wood. Carpenter makes the elements of construction or parts of equipment.
CooperageCooperage - department of craft dealing with the production of wooden crockery stave technique : barrels, vats, tubs, churns, bowl and blades for bread, watering can, buckets, bathtubs, mugs.
RooferRoofer - a craftsman dealing with repairing and overlaping roofs by roofing materials: shingles, metal roofing shingles.
CarpenterCarpenter -craftsman who makes wooden furniture and everyday objects. Carpenter should have manual dexterity. It must also be able to match the different types of wood, and firmly connect the elements with glue, nails and steel screws.
ShoemakerShoemaker – A craftsman who makes, designs and repairs footwear.