Baroque in Poland
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The Polish Baroque lasted from the early 17th to the mid-18th century. As with Baroque style elsewhere in Europe, Poland's Baroque emphasized the richness and triumphant power of contemporary art form
Portrait of Jakub Narzymski by Szymon Czechowicz, 1738
Plafond Allegory of Spring by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter, 1680s
Saints Peter and Paul Church, Kraków, Poland
Wilanów Palace in Warsaw, the 17th- and 18th-century summer residence of Polish kings
Sarmatism
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Sarmatism was an ethno-cultural identity within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was the dominant Baroque culture and ideology of the nobility that existed in the time from the Renaissance to th
Baroque in Poland
…tinged with affectation and religious exaltation, thus reflecting the turbulent times of the 17th-century Europe. The Polish Baroque was influenced by Sarmatism, the culture of the Polish nobility (szlachta). It developed after the Swedish Deluge. Sarmatism became highly influenced by the Baroque style and…
Stanisław Antoni Szczuka in Sarmatian attire, wearing a kontusz
Sarmatian-style Karacena armor
Politically influential Elżbieta Sieniawska, in Sarmatist pose and male delia coat
Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, the most prominent nobleman of his times and a representative of Sarmatism.