Articles from category Art

Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606–1669), Group of Men in Oriental Costumes, University of Warsaw Library Print Room, Inv. No. 4285.

Treasures in the Print Room: Drawings and prints at the University of Warsaw Library

Rembrandt, Rubens, Dürer, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec. To encounter works by these outstanding, world-renowned artists, you do not need to travel to Paris, Amsterdam, or New York. A visit to the University…

Women painters at work, late 1970s. Photo: Archives of the Faience Department of the Museum of the Kujawy and Dobrzyń Land in Włocławek

Ceramic diplomacy: Włocławek “Fajans” as a tool of cultural policy in the People’s Republic of Poland

Can ceramics serve as a tool of diplomacy? In the People’s Republic of Poland, hand-painted tableware from Włocławek was more than kitchen decor – it also helped foster international ties.…

Silver book binding from Silver Library of Prince Albrecht of Prussia and Princess Anna Maria, ca. 1555, National Library, SD XVI.F.907, source: Polona.

Text, image, color, margin notes. What do old Polish books say about their readers?

Hardcover or paperback, with or without illustrations, in encyclopedia or pocket format. There are at least as many forms and types of books as there are stories contained within them.…