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Jan De Weryha-Wysoczański
image:Wappen der Ritter v. Wysoczański nach Siebmacher.jpg, 150px, The Wukry coat of arms Jan Michał, 6th Chevalier Wysoczański, de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz''Almanach de Gotha, Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser'' XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, pp. 412–420, , .''Who is Who in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', 7th edition, Verlag für Personenenzyklopädien AG: Zug 2000, , , .''Almanach de Gotha, Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 493, ,.First and middle names plus triple barrelled surname with title of nobility cited in Feuß, Axel, "Weryha-Wysoczański, Jan de", ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon - Internationale Künstlerdatenbank - Online: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online'', edited by Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy and Wolf Tegethoff, Berlin, Boston: K. G. Saur, 2009. (born 1 October 1950), known as Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, is a Polish sculptor,''Encyklopedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sculpture
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramic art, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or Molding (process), moulded or Casting, cast. Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. However, most ancient sculpture was brightly painted, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a population of 617,280. Düsseldorf is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary. The ''-dorf'' suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: ''thorp''); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine. Düsseldorf lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Region. It neighbours the Cologne Bonn Region to the south and the Ruhr to the north. It is the largest city in the German Low Franconian dialect area (closely related to Dutch). Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world. Düsse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missoula, Montana
Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula County. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot River, Bitterroot and Blackfoot River (Montana), Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys". The 2020 United States Census shows the city's population at 73,489 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Area at 117,922. After Billings, Montana, Billings, Missoula is the second-largest city and metropolitan area in Montana. Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university. The Missoula area began seeing settlement by people of European descent in 1858 including William Thomas Hamilton (frontiersman), William T. Hamilton, who set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance Old Town, Town Hall and Gothic Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. As of 2021, the city's population is 529,410, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.1 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the province called Greater Poland Voivodeship. Poznań is a center of trade, sports, education, technology and touri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum, Szczecin
The National Museum in Szczecin ( pl, Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie) is a museum in Szczecin, Poland, established on 1 August 1945. The main part of an exhibition is placed in Old House of the Pomeranian Estates ( pl, Pałac Sejmu Stanów Pomorskich; german: Ständehaus or Altes Landeshaus), 1727-1729 by , Staromłyńska 27. Departments The six parts are: *The Main Building of the Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Wały Chrobrego 3 – Maritime Museum *The Szczecin's History Museum, Old City Town Hall in Szczecin, Księcia Mściwoja II 8 *The Old Art Gallery of the Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie, Staromłyńska 27 *The Museum of Contemporary Art, Staromłyńska 1 *The Dialogue Center "Breakthroughs" (Polish: Centrum Dialogu „Przełomy”), Solidarności 1 Square *The Narrow Gauge Railway Exhibition in Gryfice Old Art Gallery collection File:Kolumny z Kolbacza.jpg, ''Columns from the Kołbacz Abbey'' File:Oltarz gl z kosciola sw Jana w Stargardzie Szczec (1).jpg, ''St. John's Polyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orońsko
Orońsko is a village in Szydłowiec County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Orońsko. It lies approximately north-east of Szydłowiec and south of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia .... References Villages in Szydłowiec County {{Szydłowiec-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Of Polish Sculpture
The Centre of Polish Sculpture ( pl, Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej) in Orońsko, near Radom, Poland, is a museum housed at Józef Brandt’s 19th-century manor house. The centre's collections comprise 621 sculptures, installations and other art forms owned by the centre, as well as 173 deposit items. The collections additionally include 70 paintings, drawings and tapestries. The centre's activities and the manor complex are maintained by the Joseph Brandt Foundation. The centre also provides technical support for artists who participate in its Sculpting Program. Józef Brandt's manor house Józef Brandt's manor house was built in the second half of the 19th century in an Italian neo-Renaissance style. It accommodates a permanent exhibit of 19th-century manor interiors. The ambiance of a 19th-century country mansion is preserved in the furniture: Louis Philippe, Biedermeier and neo-Rococo pieces. Drawings and paintings by Józef Brandt, Jacek Malczewski, Juliusz Kossak, Apolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaroslav Yaroslavenko
Yaroslav Yaroslavenko (March 30, 1880 – June 26, 1958) was a Ukrainian composer who wrote the music for " Za Ukrainu" and a son of Ukrainian writer and poet Demeter Więckowski and Anna de Weryha-Wysoczańska-Pietrusiewicz. He studied at the Lviv Conservatory from 1898 to 1900, and graduated with a degree in engineering from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute in 1904. He co-founded the Torban The torban ( ua, Торбан, also ''teorban'' or ''Ukrainian theorbo'') is a Ukrainian musical instrument that combines the features of the Baroque lute with those of the psaltery. The Тorban differs from the more common European bass lute kno ... music publishing house in 1906 and was its director for over thirty years. References Yaroslavenko, Yaroslav" ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' V t-Z Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. *"Yaroslavenko, Yaroslav." in: Bernandt, G. and A. Dolzhanskiĭ. ''Sovetskie Kompozitory: Kratkiĭ Biograficheskiĭ Spravochnik''. Moskva: Sovetskiĭ Komp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil De Weryha-Wysoczański
150px, The Wukry coat of arms Basil, 1st Chevalier de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz'' Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'', Adelige Häuser XXX, Limburg a. d. Lahn 2008, vol 145, p. 420, , . (23 April 1816 – 25 October 1891) was a Polish wholesale merchant, landowner, town property owner'' Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 497, , . and philanthropist from Odessa. Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, ''A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański'', Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 8, , . He came from an old noble family of Walachian''Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch'', Adelige Häuser IV, Marburg 2018, vol 8, p. 487, , . boyarChevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański, ''A Chevalier from Poland. The Memoirs of Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wysoczański'', Kibworth Beauchamp 2016, p. 1, , . stock and was the 4th son of Jan, 2nd Chevalier Wysoczański de Pietrusiewicz.Chevalier Rafael de Weryha-Wys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasper Niesiecki
Kasper Niesiecki (31 December 1682 – 9 July 1744), also known as Kacper Niesiecki, was a Polish heraldist, Jesuit, lexicographer, writer, theologian and preacher. Biography Niesiecki was born in Greater Poland to a burgher family. In 1699 he began training as a Jesuit in Kraków. From 1701 to 1704 he studied philosophy in Lublin, earning a master's degree. In 1707 Niesiecki started his studies in theology at the Jagiellonian University, graduating in 1711. He undertook further study in Lutsk, Krosno, Bydgoszcz, Chojnice and Kalisz. Between 1715 and 1723 Niesiecki worked as a preacher in Masovia, Greater Poland, Lesser Poland and Ruthenia. He taught rhetoric in Bydgoszcz and Chojnice, and ethics and mathematics in Kalisz. From 1724 he lived in the monastery of Krasnystaw, where he engaged in his life's work, compiling the ''Herbarz Polski'' (''Polish Armorial''). Niesiecki died there on 9 July 1744. The first volume of ''Herbarz Polski'' was published in 1728 in Lwów. Niesie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
