The editors The first journals devoted to sacral art appeared in Europe in the 19th century. They appeared with varying frequency, with many going out of existence after just a few issues; some underwent a metamorphosis, after a certain break they were published under...
Michał Haake Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań [1] Abstract In 1966 the authorities of communist Poland celebrated the Millennium of the Polish State. The celebrations commenced at the beginning of the decade. Their purpose was to oppose the “ideological offence”...
Katarzyna Chrudzimska-Uhera Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw [1] Abstract The National Millennium celebrations in the archcathedral basilica of St John the Baptist in Warsaw took place between 23–24 June 1966. In order to facilitate the organisation of...
Maria Nitka Polish Institute of World Art Studies Abstract In 1872 Cyprian Kamil Norwid voiced an appeal to save a collection of drawings by Leopold Nowotny, who named the future Illustrated Polish Bible. The author hereof presented the idea of an “illustrated bible”,...
Joanna Wolańska Cracow (independent scholar) * Abstract According to tradition, in the ruins of the Camaldolese church at Kahlenberg Hill (part of a hermitage founded in the first half of the 17th century and destroyed by the Turks occupying the city), in the morning...
Krzysztof Stefański University of Lodz Abstract The competition in 1898 for the Stanisław Kostka Catholic Church in Łódź (today the Cathedral Basilica) was exceptional in many ways. It was the first international competition in this city and one of the biggest – in...
Dorota Kudelska John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin * Abstract The article presents the contexts in which two important modern art organisations in Vienna (Wiener Secession, Hagenbund) presented strictly religious works of art, paraphrasing biblical motifs...
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