Dorobek badawczy Marka Kwiatkowskiego
Marek Kwiatkowski's Scholarly Output

Summary/Abstract: The research output of Marek Kwiatkowski (1930-2016) collected for over 50 years is extensive, containing over 250 items: papers and monographs, these strictly academic as well as addressed to the general public. One of the last books he published was titled Moja pasja - architektura. Fakty, hipotezy [Architecture - My Passion. Facts, Hypotheses] (2012). The title was meaningful, since architectural issues dominated his writing. This must have resulted from Kwiatkowski’s youthful attempts, never actually materialized, to become an architect designer. Among the multitude of potential architectural questions it was the period of King Stanislaus Augustus that he was most fond of. For this to happen he must have been strongly inspired by his thesis supervisor Prof. Stanisław Lorentz who effectively instilled predilection for the architecture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the 18th century in his students. Another factor of major importance in this respect was Kwiatkowski’s career: he first became Curator, and subsequently Director of the Royal Łazienki in Warsaw, one of the grandest historic residences of the period...

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