The Editors While the ruins of Nimrud and Palmyra are turning to dust, and pneumatic hammers destroy priceless works of art of ancient cultures, it is impossible not to mention discussions going on over recent decades about the importance of the image in contemporary...
Janusz Moryc The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Abstract: As a representative of Sarmatian culture, St John of Dukla was depicted in hagiographic and liturgical literature, as well as in iconography, as an ancient hero resplendent with the glow of...
Rev. Marek Jodkowski University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Abstract: The article presents the historical outline and ideological circumstances concerning the construction of Saint Bruno’s Church in Giżycko as well as the novel form (in liturgical context) of the...
Renata Rogozińska The University of Arts in Poznań Abstract: The text discusses several sculptures and drawings by Stanisław Kulon on the theme of the martyrology of the Polish nation. The first to be analysed are the drawings depicting the Volhynian massacres (2010),...
Krystyna Czerni Kraków, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Abstract: One of the most popular saints, St Francis, canonized in 1228, remains “ecumenical”, venerated also by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The saint of Assisi proved especially important for the spirituality and art...
Tadeusz Boruta Rzeszów, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski Abstract: Messianic-martyrological iconography has always been a crucial factor in shaping the Polish national identity, especially in the periods when Poland lost its independence. That was the case during the...
Rev. Leszek Makówka Katowice, Uniwersytet Śląski Abstract: Developing since the Partitions, Polish messianism always strengthened in the periods when the Polish state and the existence of the Polish nation were threatened. In the first half of the 1980s, this...
Hubert Bilewicz University of Gdańsk Abstract: The artistic output of Zofia Baudouin de Courtenay (1889–1967), despite several attempts at fragmentary studies, still remains largely unknown. The article presents post-war works of the artist executed in the churches of...
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