The
mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland
Mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland dominated between 1550 and 1650, when it was finally replaced with baroque. The style includes various mannerist traditions, which are closely related with ethnic and religious diversity of the count ...
have two major traditions – Polish/Italian and Dutch/Flemish, that dominated in northern Poland.
The
Silesian mannerism of South-Western Poland was largely influenced by Bohemian and German mannerism, while the Pomeranian mannerism of North-Western Poland was influenced by
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
tradition and Northern German mannerism. The Jews in Poland adapted patterns of Italian and Polish mannerism to their own tradition.
The mannerist
complex of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and mannerist City of
Zamość
Zamość (; yi, זאמאשטש, Zamoshtsh; la, Zamoscia) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021.
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are
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for ...
.
Triangle
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
s of late Gothic origin and large windows are the features of Dutch urban architecture in Northern Poland. Among notable architects and sculptors of Dutch/Flemish mannerism in Poland were
Anthonis van Obbergen, Willem van den Blocke,
Abraham van den Blocke
Abraham van den Blocke (1572 – 31 January 1628) was an architect and sculptor.
Life
Van den Blocke was born in Königsberg (today Kaliningrad), , Jan Strakowski, Paul Baudarth, Gerhard Hendrik, Hans Kramer and Regnier van Amsterdam.
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
See also
*
List of mannerist structures in Central Poland
*
List of mannerist structures in Southern Poland
Notes and references
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Mannerist architecture in Poland