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Eugeniusz Kazimirowski painted the oil-painting Jesus Christ as the Divine Mercy in 1934 under the patronage of Father Michał Sopocko, who served as a confessor to Saint Maria Faustyna of the Most Blessed Sacrament and championed her mystical experiences, especially the crucial one from February 22, 1931 - a direct basis of the painting. Its devotional effectiveness - the devotion to the Divine Mercy...
The article deals with a sumptuous mausoleum in the Italian all'antica style - the Sigismund Chapel (1515-1533) - initiated by King Sigismund I (1467- 1548), who was educated within the circle of Cracow humanists (e.g. Filippo Buonaccorsi, called Callimacho Esperiente). It offers information on the process of raising and decorating the edifice adjacent to the Cracow's Cathedral, description of external...
The article concerns Veit Stoss' works associated with Italy. His possible relationships with Italians in Krakow - Stoss came to Krakow in 1477 - are discussed here and suggestions are offered for the broader context within such contacts might have taken place. Like the figure of St Roche in SS. Annunziata and the Crucifix in Ognissanti, the sepulchral plaque of the Italian humanist Filippo Buonaccorsi,...
Polish painting of the 19th century was formed in Central European context; however, it had its own specialties. On one hand, there were mutual tendencies in development of landscape- and portrait-painting, on the other, because of complicated political conditions, the ideologically spotted historical painting made it possible to touch in its own way problems of nationality. The article exemplifies...
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