Art in Poland, 1572-1764 : land of the winged horsemen / Jan K. Ostrowski, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Piotr Krasny, Kazimierz Kuczman, Adam Zamoyski, Zdzislaw Z?ugulski, Jr. ; translated by Krystyna Malcharek
Alexandria, Virginia : Art Services International ; in association with Yale University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #333719
ISBN: 0883971313
Physical description: 380 pages: illustrations (some color), color map; 32 cm.
Notes: Catalog of a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Va., in cooperation with the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md. Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-377) and index. Translated from the Polish. 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. Subjects: Art, Polish; Exhibitions. Art, Baroque Poland; Exhibitions. Art polonais; Expositions. Poland Art Baroque (c.1600-1800) Exhibitions. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue.
Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.
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