Polish art

Gimnazjum nr 25 in Zabrze, Poland

Table of contents1. The antiquity:

The Lusatian cultureThe Zbruch Idol

2. The middle ages:

BogurodzicaNicholas of RadomGothic faceted glasses

3. The renaissance:WawelTown Hall in ZamośćMikołaj Gomółka

4. The baroque:The Fire of Lublin (1917)

5. The classicism:The Belweder Palace in Warsaw

6. The romanticism:Fryderyk ChopinStanisław Moniuszko

7. The contemporary

times:Stanisław Wyspiański Witold LutosławskiWojciech KilarZdziwsław Beksiński

The Lusatian culture

The Lusatian culture existed in the later Bronze Age and early Iron Age in most of today's Poland.

The Zbruch Idol Światowid ze Zbrucza (The Zbruch Idol) is a 9th-century sculptureand one of the rarest monuments of pre-Christian Slavic beliefs. The pillar is commonly associated with the Slavic deity Svetovid, although opinions on the exact meaning of all the bas-reliefs and their symbols differ. Some argue that the three tiers of bas-reliefs represent the three levels of the world, from the bottom underworld, to the middle mortal world and the uppermost, largest, world of heavenly gods.

Bogurodzica – the oldest Polish hymn

It was composed somewhere between the 10th and 13th centuries Polish knights sang it as an anthem before the Battle of Grunwald. Bogurodzica also accompanied the coronation ceremonies of the first Jagiellonian kings.

Nicholas of RadomThe first Polish

medieval composer known to us

by name. He lived and worked

in Poland in the 15th century,

at the time of Wladyslaw Jagiello.

Gothic faceted glasses

Wawel(The castle seen from the Dębnicki Bridge)

Town Hall in Zamość

Mikołaj GomółkaMikołaj Gomółka was a Polish Renaissance composer, member of the royal court of Zygmunt II August, where he was a singer, flautist and trumpeter.„Melodies for the Polish Psalter" of Mikołaj Gomółka was recorded in 1996 on CD by early music Warsaw Music Society`s medieval instruments ensemble. CD got award of the Polish music industry Fryderyk in category of early music in 1996.

Tomb effigy of Mikołaj Gomółka in Yazlovets

The Fire of Lublin (1917)

The Belweder Palace in Warsaw

Fryderyk ChopinPolish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is widely considered one of the greatest Romantic piano composers. Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola. A renowned child prodigy, he grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there.

Stanisław MoniuszkoPolish composer,

conductor and teacher active during the foreign

partitions of Poland. His output includes

many popular art songs and operas, and his

musical style is filled with patriotic folk. He is generally referred to as

the father of Polish national opera.

Stanisław Wyspiańskiwas a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. He created a series of symbolic, national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the Young Poland Movement.

Witold LutosławskiPolish composer and orchestral conductor. He was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the preeminent Polish musicians during his last three decades. He earned many international awards and prizes.

Wojciech KilarPolish classical and film music composer.

Zdzisław Beksiński

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