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"In the golden years of the baroque era, Poland expressed creative ties to East and West in extraordinary works of fine and decorative art. This illustrated book displays more than 150 pieces that celebrate the cross-cultural richness of Poland's creative output during this period. From the dramatic uniform of the winged hussar complete with feathered wings and leopard skin to traditional portraits of royalty to a Turkish-style beverage service, these splendid objects represent Poland's diversity and breadth at a time when it was the largest land empire in Europe, stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea." "This book is the catalogue for a major exhibition at The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. The Art Institute of Chicago, Huntsville Museum of Art. The San Diego Museum of Art. The Philbrook Museum of Art, and the Royal Castle in Warsaw."--Jacket.  

Genre/Form: Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs
Illustrated works
Exhibitions
Expositions
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Art in Poland, 1572-1764.
Alexandria, Va. : Art Services International, 1999
(OCoLC)607138149
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jan K Ostrowski; Art Services International.; Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)

ISBN: 0883971313 9780883971314 0300079184 9780300079180
OCLC Number: 39614695
Notes: Catalog of a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Va., in cooperation with the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md.
Description: 380 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 32 cm
Contents: Introduction --
Definition and self-definition of Polish culture and art / Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann --
History of Poland in the 16th-18th centuries / Adam Zamoyski --
Map of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, c. 1600-1650 --
Polish Baroque art in its social and religious context / Jan K. Ostrowski --
Mechanisms of contact between Polish and European Baroque / Jan K. Ostrowski --
The impact of the Orient on the culture of old Poland / Zozislaw Zygulski, Jr. --
Architecture in Poland, 1572-1764 / Piotr Krasny --
CATALOGUE: The Monarch --
The Magnate Class --
The military --
Religion --
Decorative arts --
BIOGRAPHIES OF ARTISTS --
Significant political events in poland, c. 1550-1770.
Other Titles: Art in Poland
Land of the winged horsemen
Responsibility: Jan K. Ostrowski, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Piotr Krasny, Kazimierz Kuczman, Adam Zamoyski, Zdzislaw Żugulski, Jr. ; translated by Krystyna Malcharek.