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Wojciech Marcinkowski

28 April 201517 July 2015 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieThe Palace Full of Beauty
Pieta z Biecza, Pałac Biskupa Erazma Ciołka

The oldest wooden sculpture in the collections of the NMK

It was not stone anymore, but wood that Gothic style favoured – influenced by the idea of monastic poverty and for purely aesthetic reasons. Relatively inexpensive, portable objects were used for a wide promotion of both new stylistic currents and tendencies in spiritual life expressed therein.

14 April 201517 July 2015 Muzeum Narodowe w KrakowieThe Palace Full of Beauty
Epitafium Wierzbięty z Branic, Galeria Sztuka Dawnej Polski XII-XVIII wiek, Pałac  Biskupa Erazma Ciołka

The oldest epitaph in Małopolska

Epitaph of Wierzbięta of Branice on display in the Gallery ‘Art of Old Poland. 12th – 18th Centuries’ in the Bishop Erazm Ciołek Palace. One of the objectives of Gothic art was honouring those who passed away. It was also the function of epitaphs, which portrayed […]

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