Kolumna na Placu Vendôme a przemijająca postać świata starożytnego Rzymu w pismach Cypriana Norwida
The column in Place Vendôme and fleeting form of ancient Rome in the writings of Cyprian Norwid

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the image of a triumphal column in Norwid’s Vendôme, Odpowiedź do Włoch (Fraszka), and Szczęsna. Inspiration to ask a question about the role and symbolic power came from Hegel’s Aesthetics and this fragment of Epemenides: “The many columns … many stray columns sought an edifice…” In Norwid’s thought, eternal glory is not for the one who stood atop a triumphal column—such a monument can easily turn into dust, which is shown by the fate of other monuments, such as those of ancient commanders and Napoleon—but the one who comes close to the „Pre-Eternal” upon physical death. The “power” is a value that is irrevocably tied to the triumphal column but has to rise to another dimension, other than physical power. The article recalls the notion of Paris as a “new Rome,” revived in the 19th century.

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