DOI Artikel:
Kitowska-Łysiak, Małgorzata: Stanisław Lack - "pierwszy hierofant Wyspiańskiego"
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STANISŁAW LACK - "PIERWSZY HIEROFANT WYSPIAŃSKIEGO'
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were, split up the period of Young Poland into two phases: the earlier one - which was formalistic and
aesthetizing and concerned programme, the later one - engaged. Lack claimed that Wyspiański was the
only Polish artist who was able to save his own individuality, being at the same time, also in view of art,
well aware of the demands laid down by the présent.
As a work of art was supposed to be, according to Lack, a link between the présent and the past, so
criticism was supposed to link a work with its récipient. The role of a critic was to consist in accom-
panying the artist in an intellectual manner in his Creative process with the view of that the récipient of
the artist's work would not hâve to grope in the darkness. Criticism then should be subordinate to the
work of art. Not completely, though; a critic is also a récipient, so he has a right to his own way of
perceiving and analyzing a work of art. In view of that Lack drew his practice up to the limits of
possibility morę or less consciously realizing Wilde's conception of criticism as art.
Lack was one of the most original critics of Young Poland period. Despite that his texts were many
times incommunicative, they should be valued highly in view of the problems they discussed and the
original manner (he created his own language of expression) in which he did it.
Translated by Jan Kłos
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were, split up the period of Young Poland into two phases: the earlier one - which was formalistic and
aesthetizing and concerned programme, the later one - engaged. Lack claimed that Wyspiański was the
only Polish artist who was able to save his own individuality, being at the same time, also in view of art,
well aware of the demands laid down by the présent.
As a work of art was supposed to be, according to Lack, a link between the présent and the past, so
criticism was supposed to link a work with its récipient. The role of a critic was to consist in accom-
panying the artist in an intellectual manner in his Creative process with the view of that the récipient of
the artist's work would not hâve to grope in the darkness. Criticism then should be subordinate to the
work of art. Not completely, though; a critic is also a récipient, so he has a right to his own way of
perceiving and analyzing a work of art. In view of that Lack drew his practice up to the limits of
possibility morę or less consciously realizing Wilde's conception of criticism as art.
Lack was one of the most original critics of Young Poland period. Despite that his texts were many
times incommunicative, they should be valued highly in view of the problems they discussed and the
original manner (he created his own language of expression) in which he did it.
Translated by Jan Kłos