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Did you know that How the first monument in occupied Kraków fell down The plan of the occupant was simple: Kraków was to become a German city. As the capital of the General Government, it could not “offend“ the Germans with such clear symbols of Polish culture: monuments commemorating great historical events and the heroes related with them. Tags: Kraków The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków monument occupation Creative Commons licenses Subjects: city war
Did you know that What could Adam Mickiewicz’s monument have looked like? Behind the scenes of the competition Although Kraków does not appear on the map of the cities where Adam Mickiewicz stayed, it is precisely here, at the most central point, that the poet’s monument was erected. Today, its presence seems obvious, but its creation was accompanied by heated discussions and disputes. The idea itself was born 14 years after the poet’s death... Tags: monument Adam Mickiewicz Jan Matejko Museum of Photography in Kraków Creative Commons licenses
Model of Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument for Washington The plaster sculpture representing Tadeusz Kościuszko is a fragment of the model of the monument erected in Washington in 1910. Spacious, small-size models of monumental sculptures were demonstrative objects for a commissioner or for competitions. They were made of plaster—brittle, non-durable material — and, therefore, many of them did not survive. Tags: sculpture monument 3D 3D plus public domain Subjects: sculpted famous people memory Technique: sculpture Material: gypsum
Did you know that Night assault on Lenin’s monument and the glaziers’ day Despite the fact that in the picture from 17 September 1989, the seven-ton bronze-cast monument of Lenin stands solidly on the ground, less than three months later (10 December1989) it had disappeared from the landscape of Kraków’s Nowa Huta. Aleja Róż [Rose Avenue], with its monumental architecture, had been the decoration for the statue for 16 years (the monument was erected in 1973)... Tags: Kraków The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków monument Nowa Huta authority Creative Commons licenses Subjects: authority city famous people
Photograph “Federation of Fighting Youth demonstration” by Stanisław Gawliński Under the state of martial law, Nowa Huta was the largest bastion of the independent, self-governing Labour Union “Solidarity”, that was operating underground at the time. Huge demonstrations took place here, often turning into dramatic clashes with the authorities. With the passing of time, however, the activity of the underground began to diminish, and it eventually restricted its actions to publishing underground newspapers and self-help. The situation didn't change before the late 1980s, when a new generation of activists came to the fore. Its core were the young workers and students most often belonging to such organizations as the Confederation of Independent Poland, Fighting Solidarity, the Freedom and Peace Movement, and the Federation of Fighting Youth. Tags: Kraków photography Nowa Huta monument 2D history © all rights reserved Subjects: city photographed Technique: photography 135 film Material: black and white negative
Fragments of the Adam Mickiewicz Monument demolished by the Germans Three inconspicuously-looking fragments of the bronze sculpture: the head of an old man and the fragment of a hand and an arm are the elements of one of the most important 19^th century monuments in Kraków — the monument commemorating the national bard, Adam Mickiewicz. The monument, erected in 1898 by the sculptor Teodor Rygier, was demolished by the German occupant in 1940 as a symbol of Polish statehood. Tags: Kraków war monument occupation World War II Adam Mickiewicz 2D history public domain Subjects: city war sculpted memory Technique: chiselling casting Material: bronze
Fragments of the Grunwald Monument demolished by the Germans The head of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas (45 x 35 cm) — the head of a middle-aged man with a short neck, slightly bent down, long hair combed backwards. Around the neck a wide strap with threaded screws. Tags: Kraków war monument occupation World War II 3D Paris 3D plus public domain Subjects: city war sculpted memory Technique: chiselling casting Material: bronze
Sculpture of Augustus III A statue of Frederick Augustus II, the Elector of Saxony, and King of Poland, Augustus III, on horseback. It is an example of cabinet sculpture. Similar portrayals of Louis XIV, Napoleon Bonaparte and Marcus Aurelius, often made in bronze, were popular in the 2^nd half of the century. Tags: authority ceramics sculpture King monument 3D WMM Plus public domain Subjects: authority sculpted famous people Technique: baking glazing extrusion in mould overglaze painting Material: porcelain
Did you know that Following the route of the Monuments in Małopolska’s Virtual Museums — a virtual walk Monuments are the traces of memory, they remind us and bring back important figures and events, and constitute elements shaping the identity. In the collection from Małopolska’s Virtual Museums, there are projects which have never been realised, the non-existing monuments the cult of which was verified by the changing times (the demolished monument of Lenin in Nowa Huta... Tags: Kraków The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków Tadeusz Kantor monument war history chapel city Pensive Christ Creative Commons licenses Subjects: city daily life war
Did you know that “After Grunwald and Kościuszko, it was Mickiewicz’s turn” 17 August 1940: “After Grunwald and Kościuszko, it was Mickiewicz’s turn. Vandals furiously attacked the monument of the bard standing in the Main Market Square. In broad daylight at noon tools and lifts were brought in and all the figures were thrown off the pedestal — as if with some hidden passion or provocation“. Tags: Kraków The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków photography World War II monument Adam Mickiewicz occupation Creative Commons licenses Subjects: city war
“Main Market Square, ceremony to celebrate Adam Mickiewicz monument re-erection” The photograph presents an important historical moment in the history of the main market square in Kraków, because it probably shows the reinstallation of the statue of Adam Mickiewicz in the Main Square on 26 November 1955. Tags: photography Kraków monument Adam Mickiewicz history 2D © all rights reserved Main Square Subjects: city photographed memory Material: paper
Sculpture “Hussar on horseback” by Leon Wyczółkowski Leon Wyczółkowski completed a decorative panneau on Knight among Flowers, depicting a Hussar sitting on horseback and blowing the horn against the background of a flowery meadow. This work was exhibited in the Warsaw Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts [Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych] in 1907. The sculpted Hussar from the Jan Matejko House is identical to its original painted on a panneau. Tags: monument sculpture military Jan Matejko horse riding Young Poland 2D public domain Subjects: war sculpted famous people Technique: painting inlaying casting Material: gypsum
Did you know that From a matchbox to the Adam Mickiewicz monument The monument to Mickiewicz which was unveiled in Kraków in 1889 was not the only honour given to the poet after his death. Over the 34 years that passed since the 26^th of November 1855 (the date of his death), the poet’s body and his person, reproduced in depictions and photographs, was idealised. With time, it became less and less similar to the original. It entered the sphere of myth and interpretation. Tags: The Historical Museum of the City of Kraków photography monument Adam Mickiewicz death mask Museum of Photography in Kraków relics cult Creative Commons licenses Main Square Subjects: city sculpted famous people death

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