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List Of Polish Architects
Following is a list of notable Polish architects and architects from Poland ordered by architectural period. Gothic Renaissance and Mannerism * Jakub BalinBetlej, Andrezej (2011). "Jesuits Architecture in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1564–1772". n:''La Arquitectura Jesuítica''. ed. María Isabel Álvaro. Saragossa. pp. 292, 294, 298. * Bartolommeo Berrecci (Bartłomiej Berecci) (c. 1480–1537) * Krzysztof Bonadura Starszy (1582–1670)Miłobędzki, Adam (1980). ''Polish Architecture of 17th Century''. Vol. 1. Polish Scientific Publishers PWN. pp. 495, 499. . * Santi Gucci (c. 1530–1599) * Jan Michałowicz (1530–1578)Dvornik, Francis (1962). ''The Slavs in European History and Civilization''. Rutgers University Press. p. 306. * Bernardo Morando (c. 1540–1600) * Giovanni Battista di Quadro (born 1590) * Gabriel Słoński (1520–1598) * Jan Strakowski (1567–1642) Baroque * Krzysztof Arciszewski (1592–1656) * Kacper Bażanka (c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland defines the Polish nation as comprising all the citizens of Poland, regardless of heritage or ethnicity. The majority of Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. The population of self-declared Poles in Poland is estimated at 37,394,000 out of an overall population of 38,512,000 (based on the 2011 census), of whom 36,522,000 declared Polish alone. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora (the '' Polonia'') exists throughout Europe, the Americas, and in Australasia. Today, the largest urban concentrations of Poles are within the Warsaw and Silesian metropolitan areas. Ethnic Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient West Slavic Lechites and other tribes that inhabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Strakowski
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * '' Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrystian Piotr Aigner
Chrystian Piotr Aigner (1756 in Puławy, Poland – 9 February 1841 in Florence, Italy) was a Polish architect and theoretician of architecture. Life Chrystian Piotr Aigner acquired extensive knowledge of architecture in the course of several journeys to Italy that he made in the company of his patron and subsequent collaborator and friend Stanisław Kostka Potocki. He studied in Italy. Later, during a long association with the city of Warsaw, he created many Classicist buildings in the Polish capital. A member of Rome's Academy of St. Luke, and of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, and from 1817 a professor of architecture at Warsaw University, he was active in Warsaw until 1825 and in Kraków before leaving for Italy for good in 1827. Aigner at first applied the decorative forms of early Neoclassicism (Marynka's Palace in Puławy) or made reference to the works of Andrea Palladio (the façade of St. Anne's Church in Warsaw). In a later period, he reworked patterns dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and '' trompe-l'œil'' frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement. The Rococo style began in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Louis XIV style. It was known as the "style Rocaille", or "Rocaille style". It soon spread to other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Austria, southern Germany, Central Europe and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware, glassware, painting, music, and theatre. Although originally a secular style primarily used for interiors of private residences, the Rococo had a spiritual aspect to it which led to its widespread us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Zaor
Jan Zaor (Zaur, Zaorowicz) was a Polish baroque architect from Kraków who lived in the 17th centuryBartłomiej Kaczorowski. ''The monuments of Polish architecture''. WSiP. 1998. p. 398. and was active from 1638 to 1676. He is known for designing St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, VilniusGrigorijus Potašenko. ''Multinational Lithuania: history of ethnic minority.''. Šviesa. 2008. p. 93. (1668–1676). Works He began designing in about 1638, when he worked on The Santa Casa (''domek loretański'') in Gołąb. He also designed and/or supervised the following buildings: * The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity in Tarłów (mid-17th century) * The Royal chapel in the church of Kazimierz Dolny Kazimierz Dolny () is a small historic town in eastern Poland, on the right (eastern) bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship. Historically it belongs to Lesser Poland, and in the past it was one of the most important citie ... (1653) * Pažaislis church (1672–16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tylman Van Gameren
Tylman van Gameren, also ''Tilman'' or ''Tielman'' and Tylman Gamerski, (Utrecht, 3 July 1632 – c. 1706, Warsaw) was a Dutch-born Polish architect and engineer who, at the age of 28, settled in Poland and worked for Queen Marie Casimire, wife of Poland's King John III Sobieski. Tylman left behind a lifelong legacy of buildings that are regarded as gems of Polish Baroque architecture. Life and professional career Tylman was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and was trained by Jacob van Campen whilst the latter was busy building the Stadhuis on the Dam. Like many Dutch artists at the height of the Dutch Golden Age, Tylman left for Italy in 1650. While in Venice, he earned the reputation as a highly skilled painter of battle scenes. In 1660, Tylman met in Leiden the Polish prince Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, the Grand Crown Marshall of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and accepted his invitation to come to Poland as his architect and military engineer. Once in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartłomiej Nataniel Wąsowski
Bartłomiej is a Polish masculine given name, a cognate of Bartholomew. Diminutive forms of Bartłomiej include Bartek and Bartosz. Notable people with the name Bartłomiej include: B * Bartłomiej Babiarz (born 1989), Polish footballer * Bartłomiej Bartnicki (born 1981), Polish Freestyle wrestler * Bartłomiej Bartosiak (born 1991), Polish footballer * Bartłomiej Bołądź (born 1994), Polish volleyball player * Bartłomiej Bonk (born 1984), Polish weightlifter C * Bartłomiej Ciepiela (born 2001), Polish footballer * Bartłomiej Chwalibogowski (born 1982), Polish footballer D * Bartłomiej Dąbrowski (born 1972), Polish tennis player * Bartłomiej Drągowski (born 1997), Polish footballer * Bartłomiej Dudzic (born 1988), Polish footballer G * Bartłomiej Groicki (c. 1534–1605), Polish jurist * Bartłomiej Grzechnik (born 1993), Polish volleyball player * Bartłomiej Grzelak (born 1981), Polish footballer H * Bartłomiej Heberla (born 1985), Polish chess Grandmaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christof Marselis
Christof Marselis was an architect. Circa 1702, he travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he worked as royal architect under Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen. The exact extent of his contributions remain uncertain but he worked on such buildings as the Garrison Church (1703–1706), the Stable Master's House (1703–1705) and Frederiksberg Palace Frederiksberg Palace ( da, Frederiksberg Slot) is a Baroque residence, located in Frederiksberg, Denmark, adjacent to the Copenhagen Zoo. It commands an impressive view over Frederiksberg Gardens, originally designed as a palace garden in the ... in Copenhagen. References 18th-century Danish architects year of birth unknown {{architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Frankiewicz
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * '' Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berghahn Books
Berghahn Books is a New York and Oxford-based publisher of scholarly books and academic journals in the humanities and social sciences, with a special focus on social & cultural anthropology, European history, politics, and film & media studies. It was founded in 1994 by Marion Berghahn. Books division Berghahn Books publishes ca 140 new titles and some 80 paperback editions each year and has a backlist of nearly 2,500 titles in print. New titles are published in both print and online, with the select digitization of the backlist currently being undertaken as part of the Berghahn Books Online platform. Many Berghahn titles have been reviewed on ''Choice''. Journals division Berghahn Journals currently publishes over 40 journals in those social science and humanities fields that complement its books list. This includes an annual series, ''Advances in Research'', launched in 2013. Its journals have been available online since 2001. Berghahn Journals was awarded the '' AAP PROSE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
