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DOI Artikel:Rottermund, Andrzej: Stanisław Lorentz as an authority on Polish art of the enlightenment
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“Architektura wieku Oświecenia w świetle przemian w życiu gospodarczym
i umysłowym”4 became the touchstone for many of his subseąuent theoretical
works. Among them one should mention the discussions during the Kołłątaj
conference,9 10 “Z dziejów kształtowania się sztuki okresu Oświecenia
w Polsce”,11 the essay “Architektura w okresie polskiego Oświecenia”12, and
“Początki sztuki Oświecenia w Polsce”13.
In these works Lorentz proposed a special terminology associated with the
period, later adopted by the majority of Polish authorities, such as the
“architecture of the Enlightenment period in Poland”, calling attention to the
phenomenon of the complexity that characterised Polish architecture during
this time. As opposed to Władysław Tatarkiewicz, who mainly emphasised
geographical differences at the time, Lorentz stressed the environments, the
centers of thought and art that promoted Enlightenment ideas. According to
him they were Warsaw, Puławy, and Vilnius, and to a lesser extent Cracow,
Poznań, and Lwów. It was likewise Lorentz who first called attention to the
important role of art patrons in various social contexts. Previously, study in this
field focused as a rule only on the patronage of Stanisław August. The works
by Tatarkiewicz, Alfred Lauterbach, Zygmunt Batowski, and above all Tadeusz
Mańkowski, provided a solid basis for research on patronage of the last Polish
monarch. Lorentz investigated the outstanding patronage of Stanisław
Poniatowski, the King’s nephew, Princess Izabellla Lubomirska, Adam
Kazimierz and Izabella Czartoryski, as well as Stanisław Kostka Potocki. He
wrote about them himself or inspired works written by his students. His works
in this field should be acknowledged as pioneering. He broadened our view of
the relationship of art to other spheres of social life. I will mention here at
least two works about two distinguished patrons analysed thanks to
Lorentz’s inspiration. The first is a wide-ranging monograph about Princess
Izabella Czartoryska Lubomirska’s activity in the field of art, a work by
Bożenna Majewska-Maszkowska, the most thorough monograph devoted to
art patronage in eighteenth century Poland.14 The second is a monograph on
Prince Stanisław Poniatowski written by the Italian scholar Andrea Busiri-Vici.13
His interest in the personality and activity of Poniatowski was prompted by
family tradition (Poniatowski was an ancestor of Busiri-Vici), as well as the
numerous conversations and discussions with Lorentz, who was also the first
reader and critic of successive chapters of the work. This work, inspired by
Lorentz, introduced Stanisław Poniatowskie patronage to the international
9 Ibid.
10 Warsaw, 1951.
1 Biuletyn Historii Sztuki, XXIII, 1961, 3.
12 Published in 1971 in Polska w epoce Oświecenia, in the Konfrontacje Historyczne series.
’ In Klasycyzm. Studia nad sztuką polską XVIII i XIX wieku, Wrocław 1968.
19 B. Majewska-Maszkowska, Mecenat artystyczny Izabelli z Czartoryskich Lubomirskiej 1736-1816,
Wrocław 1976.
11 A. Busiri-Yici, Poniatowski e Roma, Florence 1971.
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i umysłowym”4 became the touchstone for many of his subseąuent theoretical
works. Among them one should mention the discussions during the Kołłątaj
conference,9 10 “Z dziejów kształtowania się sztuki okresu Oświecenia
w Polsce”,11 the essay “Architektura w okresie polskiego Oświecenia”12, and
“Początki sztuki Oświecenia w Polsce”13.
In these works Lorentz proposed a special terminology associated with the
period, later adopted by the majority of Polish authorities, such as the
“architecture of the Enlightenment period in Poland”, calling attention to the
phenomenon of the complexity that characterised Polish architecture during
this time. As opposed to Władysław Tatarkiewicz, who mainly emphasised
geographical differences at the time, Lorentz stressed the environments, the
centers of thought and art that promoted Enlightenment ideas. According to
him they were Warsaw, Puławy, and Vilnius, and to a lesser extent Cracow,
Poznań, and Lwów. It was likewise Lorentz who first called attention to the
important role of art patrons in various social contexts. Previously, study in this
field focused as a rule only on the patronage of Stanisław August. The works
by Tatarkiewicz, Alfred Lauterbach, Zygmunt Batowski, and above all Tadeusz
Mańkowski, provided a solid basis for research on patronage of the last Polish
monarch. Lorentz investigated the outstanding patronage of Stanisław
Poniatowski, the King’s nephew, Princess Izabellla Lubomirska, Adam
Kazimierz and Izabella Czartoryski, as well as Stanisław Kostka Potocki. He
wrote about them himself or inspired works written by his students. His works
in this field should be acknowledged as pioneering. He broadened our view of
the relationship of art to other spheres of social life. I will mention here at
least two works about two distinguished patrons analysed thanks to
Lorentz’s inspiration. The first is a wide-ranging monograph about Princess
Izabella Czartoryska Lubomirska’s activity in the field of art, a work by
Bożenna Majewska-Maszkowska, the most thorough monograph devoted to
art patronage in eighteenth century Poland.14 The second is a monograph on
Prince Stanisław Poniatowski written by the Italian scholar Andrea Busiri-Vici.13
His interest in the personality and activity of Poniatowski was prompted by
family tradition (Poniatowski was an ancestor of Busiri-Vici), as well as the
numerous conversations and discussions with Lorentz, who was also the first
reader and critic of successive chapters of the work. This work, inspired by
Lorentz, introduced Stanisław Poniatowskie patronage to the international
9 Ibid.
10 Warsaw, 1951.
1 Biuletyn Historii Sztuki, XXIII, 1961, 3.
12 Published in 1971 in Polska w epoce Oświecenia, in the Konfrontacje Historyczne series.
’ In Klasycyzm. Studia nad sztuką polską XVIII i XIX wieku, Wrocław 1968.
19 B. Majewska-Maszkowska, Mecenat artystyczny Izabelli z Czartoryskich Lubomirskiej 1736-1816,
Wrocław 1976.
11 A. Busiri-Yici, Poniatowski e Roma, Florence 1971.
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