1. Polish art
Gimnazjum nr 25
in Zabrze, Poland

2. Table of contents
1. The antiquity:
The Lusatian culture
The Zbruch Idol
2. The middle ages:
Bogurodzica
Nicholas of Radom
Gothic faceted glasses
3. The renaissance:
Wawel
Town Hall in Zamość
Mikołaj Gomółka
4. The baroque:
The Fire of Lublin (1917)
5. The classicism:
The Belweder Palace
in Warsaw
6. The romanticism:
Fryderyk Chopin
Stanisław Moniuszko
7. The contemporary times:
Stanisław Wyspiański
Witold Lutosławski
Wojciech Kilar
Zdziwsław Beksiński

3. The Lusatian culture
The Lusatian culture existed in the later Bronze Age and
early Iron Age in most of today's Poland.

4. The Zbruch Idol
Światowid ze Zbrucza
(The Zbruch Idol)
is a 9th-century sculpture
and one of the rarest monuments of pre-
Christian Slavic beliefs.
The pillar is commonly associated with
the Slavic deity Svetovid, although
opinions on the exact meaning of all the
bas-reliefs and their symbols differ.
Some argue that the three tiers of bas-
reliefs represent the three levels of the
world, from the bottom underworld, to
the middle mortal world and the
uppermost, largest, world of heavenly
gods.

5. Bogurodzica
– the oldest Polish hymn
It was composed somewhere between the 10th and 13th centuries Polish knights
sang it as an anthem before the Battle of Grunwald.
Bogurodzica also accompanied the coronation ceremonies of the first Jagiellonian
kings.

6. Nicholas of Radom
The first Polish
medieval composer
known to us
by name. He lived and
worked
in Poland
in the 15th century, at
the time of Wladyslaw
Jagiello.

7. Gothic faceted glasses

8. Wawel
(ThecastleseenfromtheDębnickiBridge)

9. Town Hall in Zamość

10. Mikołaj Gomółka
Mikołaj Gomółka
was a Polish Renaissance composer, member of
the royal court of Zygmunt II August, where he
was a singer, flautist and trumpeter.
„Melodies for the Polish Psalter" of Mikołaj
Gomółka was recorded in 1996 on CD by early
music Warsaw Music Society`s medieval
instruments ensemble.
CD got award of the Polish music industry
Fryderyk
in category of early music
in 1996.
TombeffigyofMikołajGomółka
inYazlovets

11. The Fire of Lublin (1917)

12. The Belweder Palace
in Warsaw

13. Fryderyk Chopin
Polish composer and
virtuoso pianist.
He is widely considered one
of the greatest Romantic
piano composers. Chopin
was born in Żelazowa Wola.
A renowned child prodigy, he
grew up in Warsaw and
completed his music
education there.

14. Stanisław Moniuszko
Polish composer, conductor
and teacher active during
the foreign partitions of
Poland.
His output includes many
popular art songs and
operas, and his musical
style is filled with patriotic
folk. He is generally referred
to as the father of Polish
national opera.

15. Stanisław Wyspiański
wasaPolishplaywright,painterandpoet,aswellasinteriorandfurnituredesigner.Hecreatedaseries
ofsymbolic,nationaldramaswithintheartisticphilosophyoftheYoungPolandMovement.

16. Witold Lutosławski
Polish composer and
orchestral conductor. He
was one of the major
European composers of
the 20th century, and
one of the preeminent
Polish musicians during
his last three decades.
He earned many
international awards and
prizes.

17. Wojciech Kilar
Polish classical and film music composer.

18. Zdzisław Beksiński

19. Thank You
for Your attenction