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Logo for a Historic Monument ("pomnik historii") in Poland. Historic Monument (Polish: pomnik historii, pronounced [ˈpɔm.ɲik xisˈtɔ.rji]) is one of several categories of objects of cultural heritage (in the singular, zabytek) in Poland. [1] To be recognized as a Polish historic monument, an object must be declared such by the President of ...
The city of Gdańsk has witnessed some of the key events in European history, including the first battle of World War II at Westerplatte and the beginning of the Solidarity movement in the Gdańsk Shipyard. Furthermore, the historic Main Town features a number of buildings in Gothic and Renaissance styles. [26] Augustów Canal* Podlaskie: 2006 ...
A Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, and a sculpture garden designed by Professor Grzegorz Kowalski, were completed in 1992. In 1997, the Józef Brandt Foundation was chartered. The Centre of Polish Sculpture's collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms that are property of the centre, as well as 173 deposit items.
This category contains sculptures that are either permanently affixed somewhere in Poland, or are under the long-term control of an institution in that country. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland dominated between 1550 and 1650, when it was finally replaced with baroque. [1] The style includes various mannerist traditions, [ 1 ] which are closely related with ethnic and religious diversity of the country, as well as with its economic and political situation at that time.
Collections of modern and contemporary art are among the largest in Poland. [24] Paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings from the 1920s and 1930s, Polish avant-garde film, photographs, photomontages, along with selected works of the 1980s independent culture, video and performance of the last forty years are exhibited in a 700 m 2 gallery. [24]
The Amphitrite Fountain (German: Amphitrite-Brunnen; Polish: Fontanna Amfitryty), also known as the Amphitrite Monument (Polish: Pomnik Amfitryty), and the Felderhoff Fountain (German: Felderhoff-Brunnen; Polish: Fontanna Felderhoffa), was a Baroque Revival fountain sculpture in the city of Szczecin, Poland (then German Empire), placed at the intersection of current Independence Avenue ...
The following is a list of sculptors from Poland This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .