Jan van Eyck is one of the most famous netherlandish painters of 15th century. And one of his best known masterpieces is a double portrait of a man and a woman, that is known as “The Arnolfini Portrait”, or even “The Arnolfini Wedding”. The point is that it is probably…
I invite you to my open lecture at the Open University of Cracow University of Science and Technology. It will be the first part (and not the last, I hope!) of a cycle dedicated to famous masterpieces in Cracow. I hope to continue talking about works of art that we…
Today we will focus on the miniature from the medieval manuscript. We tend to think that the medieval books were usually religious: the Bibles, the Books of Prayers, the Psalters… meanwhile, the medieval secular culture was actually very rich and obviously there were many non-religious books, containing the poems and…
The lecture on secular medieval manuscripts will be provided by me on Saturday March 22nd exclusively for the students of the Barbara Bodziony’s School of Calligraphy and Illumination. It will mainly focus on the texts of medieval poems of knights and kings, such as Charlemagne, King Arthur or Alexander the…
There is a San Pietro in Vincoli basilica in Rome – it is dedicated to Saint Peter in Chains (the chains relics are actually kept there). It is famous mostly for the tomb of Pope Julius II, containing Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. The tomb was initially supposed to be much…