Romanesque Gothic Renaissance Baroque Enlightenment Romanticism Positivism Young Poland Interwar period Second World War Socialist realism Modern Download high resolution version (800x609, 132 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... The Culture of Poland is closely connected to its intricate 1000 years of history. ... For other meanings of positivism, see Positivism. ... Young Poland (Polish Młoda Polska) is a modernist period in Polish art, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918. ...
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Literature Music Theater Poland — Polish literature Writers and novelists Main article: List of Polish language authors Writers in chronological order of birth: Jan Potocki (1761–1815) Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887) Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910) Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) Bolesław Prus (1847–1912) Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925) Władysław Reymont (1867–1925) Zofia Nałkowska... Poland has a lively and diverse music scene and even its own music genres like the sung poetry and disco polo. ... Prominent figures in Polish theater are: Wojciech Boguslawski Adam Hanuszkiewicz Konrad Swinarski Tadeusz Kantor Tadeusz Lomnicki Kazimierz Dejmek Krystian Lupa Helena Modrzejewska Leon Kruczkowski Jerzy Grotowski See also: List of famous Poles Categories: Polish culture ...
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Authors Composers Painters Poets List of Polish language authors Notable Polish writers and novelists in chronological order of birth: Jan Potocki (1761–1815) Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887) Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910) Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916) Bolesław Prus (1847–1912) Stefan Żeromski (1864–1925) Władysław Reymont (1867–1925) Zofia Nałkowska (1885–1954) Maria Dąbrowska... List of Polish composers: // 15th century MikoÅaj Radomski (fl. ... This is an alphabetical listing of Polish painters. ... Poets who have written much of their poetry in the Polish language. ...
Romanticism in Poland was eventually followed with the period known as positivism in Poland. Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement in the history of ideas that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ... For other meanings of positivism, see Positivism. ...
Poland’s borders are marked by the Sudety mountains (Sudetes) in the southwest, the Carpathian Mountains (Karpaty) in the southeast, the Odra and Neisse (Nysa) rivers in the west, and the Bug River in the east.
Poland’s highest population densities are in the southern upland areas; the lowest densities are in the northwest and northeast.
In 1240 and 1241 the Mongols invaded and ravaged Poland.
Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th century and stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom from classical correctness in art forms, and rebellion against social conventions.
Romanticism was an attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century.
Romanticism can be seen as a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality that typified Classicism in general and late 18th century Neoclassicism in particular.