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The various collections in the fields of archeology, painting, graphics, iconography, sculpture, decorative arts, numismatics and architectural drawings, now exceed 250 000 objects. Until the start of the renovations in 2010 there was available exhibitions showing seven centuries of Warsaw history, from its foundation to the present day.
[2] Jan Dobrogost Krasiński, who also served as the royal clerk (Referendarz), was a descendant of old Mazovian nobility and an heir to a large fortune. After his father's death he wished to erect a magnificent residence in the capital which was to fulfill his excessive political ambitions and show his enormous pride, which made him cultivate ...
The Saxon Garden (Polish: Ogród Saski) is a 15.5–hectare [2] public garden in central (Śródmieście) Warsaw, Poland, facing Piłsudski Square. It is the oldest public park in the city. Founded in the late 17th century, it was opened to the public in 1727 [2] [3] as one of the first publicly accessible parks in the world.
In 1986 the couple transferred about 400 exhibits to the Archdiocese of Warsaw and the Polish nation and created a foundation to supervise the collection. [3] The first part of the collection was displayed publicly on 5 November 1987 at the Museum of the Warsaw archdiocese (Muzeum Archidiecezji Warszawskiej) at Solec Street. [ 4 ]
It is part of the Historic Centre of Warsaw, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. [3] On the Corinthian column which used to be of red marble and is 8.5 m (28 ft) tall, a sculpture of the King, 2.75 m (9 ft) tall, in archaized armour is placed. [4] Sigismund's Column now stands at 22 m (72 ft) and is adorned by four eagles.
In 1962, a Czech translation of Ernst Fischer's On the Necessity of Art (Orbis, Prague) was published, which includes a chapter devoted to crystals. [39] Janoušek was at that time striving to organise and separate the essential from the amorphousness of matter, and in his sculpture Pillar - Crystals (1963) he outlined his idea of the emergence ...
In 17th century Poland, in the Warsaw parish of St John, the average age of women entering marriage was 20.1, and that of men was 23.7. In the second half of the eighteenth century, women in the parish of Holy Cross married at 21.8, while men at 29.
Prior to the construction of the Zamoyski Palace, the grounds had been dedicated for a Vauxhall Gardens-style parkland. [2] In 1870 Konstanty Zamoyski became the grounds' owner. The palace was built to architect Leonard Marconi's Renaissance Revival design. It comprises a main corpus and two perpendicular wings, to either side, flanking a ...