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DOI Artikel:Futera, Agnieszka: Pomiędzy Prusem a Egipcjanami: recepcja sztuki starożytnej w ilustracjach Edwarda Okunia do Faraona
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.37080#0171
POMIĘDZY PRUSEM A EGIPCJANAMI
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BETWEEN BOLES1AW PRUS AND THE EGYPTIANS - RECEPTION OF ANTIQUE
ART AS REPRESENTED BY EDWARD OKUŃ’S ILLUSTRATIONS
FOR FARAON [THE PHARAOH]
S u m m a r y
This paper discusses a series of illustrations which Edward Okuń created for an unpublis-
hed edition of Bolesław Prus’ novel Faraon [The Pharaoh]. The illustrations were commissio-
ned by the publishing house Gebethner und Wolff, however they were never published. The
artist was inspired by the authentic relics of Egyptian antiąuity (such as the sarcophagus of
Khonsu, the Papyrus of Hunefer, the Papyrus of Ani, Tuthmose IV’ s chariot, excavations in
the tomb of Tui and Jui) which he admired on his trip to Egypt at the beginning of 1914. He
used the Antiąue models in three ways: Firstly, he employed fragments of certain represen-
tations, only changing the framing around them. Secondly, he created mixed compositions from
fragments of one or morę Egyptian scenes. Thirdly, he introduced separate details reconstructed
from the Egyptian relics into the scenes he designed from scratch, with no underlying pattern
behind, though with certain degree of faithfulness to the Egyptian canon. In one of the illustra-
tions, he also used the Assyrian canon. The illustrations under analysis stay in various kinds
of relationship to the literary content of the novel. In some of them, the artistic Egyptian
canon is broken in order to better suit the dramatic naturę of the scene depicted by Prus. In
others, the illustrations seem to keep closer to the Egyptian patterns, to some extent departing
from the plot.
Translated by Konrad Klimkowski
Słowa kluczowe: ilustracja książkowa, Edward Okuń, Bolesław Prus, Faraon, sztuka
egipska.
Key words: book illustration, Edward Okuń, Bolesław Prus, Faraon [The Pharaoh],
Egyptian art.
169
BETWEEN BOLES1AW PRUS AND THE EGYPTIANS - RECEPTION OF ANTIQUE
ART AS REPRESENTED BY EDWARD OKUŃ’S ILLUSTRATIONS
FOR FARAON [THE PHARAOH]
S u m m a r y
This paper discusses a series of illustrations which Edward Okuń created for an unpublis-
hed edition of Bolesław Prus’ novel Faraon [The Pharaoh]. The illustrations were commissio-
ned by the publishing house Gebethner und Wolff, however they were never published. The
artist was inspired by the authentic relics of Egyptian antiąuity (such as the sarcophagus of
Khonsu, the Papyrus of Hunefer, the Papyrus of Ani, Tuthmose IV’ s chariot, excavations in
the tomb of Tui and Jui) which he admired on his trip to Egypt at the beginning of 1914. He
used the Antiąue models in three ways: Firstly, he employed fragments of certain represen-
tations, only changing the framing around them. Secondly, he created mixed compositions from
fragments of one or morę Egyptian scenes. Thirdly, he introduced separate details reconstructed
from the Egyptian relics into the scenes he designed from scratch, with no underlying pattern
behind, though with certain degree of faithfulness to the Egyptian canon. In one of the illustra-
tions, he also used the Assyrian canon. The illustrations under analysis stay in various kinds
of relationship to the literary content of the novel. In some of them, the artistic Egyptian
canon is broken in order to better suit the dramatic naturę of the scene depicted by Prus. In
others, the illustrations seem to keep closer to the Egyptian patterns, to some extent departing
from the plot.
Translated by Konrad Klimkowski
Słowa kluczowe: ilustracja książkowa, Edward Okuń, Bolesław Prus, Faraon, sztuka
egipska.
Key words: book illustration, Edward Okuń, Bolesław Prus, Faraon [The Pharaoh],
Egyptian art.