Polish Enlightenment
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The ideas of the Age of Enlightenment in Poland were developed later than in Western Europe, as the Polish bourgeoisie was weaker, and szlachta culture together with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Portrait of the Prozor Family, by Franciszek Smuglewicz, 1789
Załuski Library, Poland's first public library, by Zygmunt Vogel, 1801
Roman theater on the Isle (1790–1793), a companion to the Palace on the Water.
Łazienki Palace, Warsaw, 1764–1795
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
Polish Enlightenment
…the Age of Enlightenment in Poland were developed later than in Western Europe, as the Polish bourgeoisie was weaker, and szlachta (nobility) culture (Sarmatism) together with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth political system (Golden Liberty) were in deep crisis. The period of Polish Enlightenment began in…
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.