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construction which is commonly considered to be particularly characteristic of Polish
architecture, defined as the Polish pałace and Polish mansion. This type of building, most
often one- or two-storied, with a columned portico or a columned porch, became extremely
widespread and connected with Polish landscape. Important elements of the decoration of the
interiors of palaces, town and country mansions, large or smali, were portraits hung on walls.
They were painted by painters in transit, such as Lampi and Grassi, and deeply Polish
painters, such as Faworski, and other numerous settled and itinerent portraitists, who
continued what was termed the Sarmatian type of portrait-painting.
Over the whole Polish territory there were a great many “Polish” palaces and mansions. For
Polish society they have become established as particularly characteristic of the Polish taste.
Descriptions of country residences and smali town mansions in the novels of the 19th and
early 20th centuries have contributed to the popularity of this opinion. As examples, it is
possible to mention such “Polish” palaces as the pałace of Mrs. Jabłonowska at Kock, one of
the mapy in Mazovia, rebuilt by Zug in 1779, and the palaces constructed by Hilary
Szpilowski at Walewice and Mała Wieś, both in 1783, and in Great Poland the most important
of all, the pałace at Sierniki designed by Kamsetzer in 1786. They showed both the Palladian
tradition and inspirations drawn from English architecture, related to the traditions of French
architecture which were popular in Poland - despite this, there arose such representative
architecture in the Polish style that for a long time it inspired a great number of architects and
builders. In those “Polish” palaces and mansions a variety of versions can be distinguished,
e.g. the projection in the faęade on the side of the garden, usually with a round salon, as at
Jabłonna and Sierniki, and numerous palaces and mansions from the last ąuarter of the 18th
century. Their interior decoration was the most expressive, e.g. the pałace at Pakosław in
Great Poland, owned by Ignacy Zakrzewski. Its rotunda room was decorated with four
reliefs, which showed scenes from the history of Poland and were madę in imitation of the
1791 engravings of Antoni Smuglewicz.
The development of neoclassical architecture was accompanied, from the early years, by the
shaping of theory and artistic practice related to the English landscape park. This new,
Vi!na, draft design of the town hall, W. Gucewicz, 1785-86
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architecture, defined as the Polish pałace and Polish mansion. This type of building, most
often one- or two-storied, with a columned portico or a columned porch, became extremely
widespread and connected with Polish landscape. Important elements of the decoration of the
interiors of palaces, town and country mansions, large or smali, were portraits hung on walls.
They were painted by painters in transit, such as Lampi and Grassi, and deeply Polish
painters, such as Faworski, and other numerous settled and itinerent portraitists, who
continued what was termed the Sarmatian type of portrait-painting.
Over the whole Polish territory there were a great many “Polish” palaces and mansions. For
Polish society they have become established as particularly characteristic of the Polish taste.
Descriptions of country residences and smali town mansions in the novels of the 19th and
early 20th centuries have contributed to the popularity of this opinion. As examples, it is
possible to mention such “Polish” palaces as the pałace of Mrs. Jabłonowska at Kock, one of
the mapy in Mazovia, rebuilt by Zug in 1779, and the palaces constructed by Hilary
Szpilowski at Walewice and Mała Wieś, both in 1783, and in Great Poland the most important
of all, the pałace at Sierniki designed by Kamsetzer in 1786. They showed both the Palladian
tradition and inspirations drawn from English architecture, related to the traditions of French
architecture which were popular in Poland - despite this, there arose such representative
architecture in the Polish style that for a long time it inspired a great number of architects and
builders. In those “Polish” palaces and mansions a variety of versions can be distinguished,
e.g. the projection in the faęade on the side of the garden, usually with a round salon, as at
Jabłonna and Sierniki, and numerous palaces and mansions from the last ąuarter of the 18th
century. Their interior decoration was the most expressive, e.g. the pałace at Pakosław in
Great Poland, owned by Ignacy Zakrzewski. Its rotunda room was decorated with four
reliefs, which showed scenes from the history of Poland and were madę in imitation of the
1791 engravings of Antoni Smuglewicz.
The development of neoclassical architecture was accompanied, from the early years, by the
shaping of theory and artistic practice related to the English landscape park. This new,
Vi!na, draft design of the town hall, W. Gucewicz, 1785-86
30