Chopinowskie igrzysko. Historia Międzynarodowego Konkursu Pianistycznego im. Fryderyka Chopina 1927-2015

Author(s): Ada Arendt,Marcin Bogucki,Paweł Majewski,Kornelia Sobczak / Language(s): Polish

The book presents the history of the Chopin Competition told from the perspective of anthropological and cultural studies, and based on extensive source material. Thanks to this, the authors were able to describe the so far little-known aspects of the history of the most important Polish music competition and one of the most important ones in the world.

(Dy)fuzje. Związki literatury i sztuki w Polsce po 1945 roku

Author(s): Tomasz Bocheński,Magdalena Lachman,Paweł Polit,Michalina Kmiecik,Daniel Muzyczuk,Andrzej Niewiadomski,Dariusz Pachocki,Agnieszka Rejniak-Majewska,Paweł Stangret,Justyna Staroń,Anna Śliwa,Beata Śniecikowska,Aleksander Wójtowicz,Tomasz Załuski / Language(s): Polish

The publication is the result of a project implemented at the Łódź Museum of Art in cooperation with the University of Łódź Department of the 20th- and 21st-Century Literature. The case-study research focused on the phenomena that indicated artists' attachment to different variants of the avant-⁠garde principle of the integration of arts. They also emphasized the convergence of artists' aspirations in Poland after 1945 in various sociopolitical, institutional and even social contexts.The book deals with alliances and analogies within visual arts and literature – both beyond their traditionally obeyed formulas, and within conventionally respected and honoured limits. The authors of the collected texts try to capture the reciprocity of artistic stimulation in the dissemination of specific ideas, and at the same time they are interested in positional and paradigmatic shifts in the perception of seemingly well-known issues; in other words, in everything that lies in the semantic potential of the title “(dif)fusion”.“This volume has a distinct innovative trait – both at the level of discovering and revealing new ideas (where phenomena subjected to little or no research are examined) and in the area of repetition (where discussion covers decently researched topics). [...] There is also, so to speak, a cognitive section in it. On the one hand, there are contributions to the work of very famous and well-known artists (Białoszewski, Brzozowski, Buczkowski, Czycz, Haupt, Kantor, Peiper, Strzemiński, Themerson), while on the other we receive competent texts devoted to artists and phenomena that are less popular or virtually unknown (Bruszewski, Dłużniewski, Kryszkowski, Partum or underground art magazines – artzines). Inevitably, these first contributions require engaging in a kind of agon with antecedent research, while the latter constitute an intellectual novelty somewhat in and of itself. This combination seems very refreshing for the message of the entire publication.” From the review by dr hab. Piotr Łuszczykiewicz, prof. UAM

Kształty pamięci. Wybrane zagadnienia sztuki współczesnej

Author(s): Eleonora Jedlińska / Language(s): Polish

The present publication, containing fourteen essays dedicated to selected artists and their work, is a structurally cohesive analysis of the phenomenon of memory of World War II experiences and the Holocaust – of trauma reflected in works of art. The works of Władysław Strzemiński, Barnett Newman, Marek Rothko, Tadeusz Kantor, Moshe Kupferman, Anselm Kiefer, Christian Boltanski, Marek Chlanda, Luc Tuymans, Zofia Lipecka, Rafał Jakubowicz and Elżbieta Janicka have been showcased. The artists presented in the volume – born around the end of the nineteenth century, during the war as well as in the 1970s – focused on an issue which became fundamental in the 20th- and 21st century art: the memory of the Holocaust catastrophe and its impact on the lives of generations born after the war. It is a book indicating the value and necessity of the existence of art, poetry and music against constant attempts to face the past, the most distant, ancient, so that this measure can translate – in the final analysis – into finding a meaning in anything precious that has survived, which in itself creates, in Benjamin Buchloh’s words, a “model of historical memory and continuity of experience.” The book’s target audience are people interested in contemporary art, wondering about the condition of man in the current reality – readers whose concern is an attempt to protect memory and rethink history.

ВИЗАНТИЙСКАТА АРХИТЕКТУРА

Author(s): Nikola Mavrodinov / Language(s): French

Nikola Mavrodinov was born on November 2, 1904 in Tutrakan. His father Petar Mavrodinov was a prominent Bulgarian educator and public figure, and his uncle Nikola Mavrodinov was a famous publisher of his time. Nikola Mavrodinov graduated in art history and archeology in Liège, Belgium (1928). Assistant at the National Museum in Sofia (1931 - 1934). Curator at the same museum (1934 - 1944). Director of the Archaeological Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1944 - 1949). Professor of Art History at the Higher Institute of Civil Engineering in Sofia (1954 - 1958), in History of Bulgarian Art at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Sofia (1955 - 1958). Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1946. Full member of the Bulgarian Archaeological Institute since 1939. Died on February 28, 1958 in Sofia.

The Artistic Personality

Author(s): / Language(s): English

With constant references to Cloninger, Cosman and mainly Gray for the description of a model (AS) with anxiety-as-introverted-neuroticism and sociability-asextraverted- neuroticism; with recurrent recourse to Rusu, Pamfil, Cosman and mainly Kant for the description of creativity-as-product; with many a reverence to Andreasen, Jamison and mainly Aristotle for the description of creativity-asprocess – we will stipulate that the connection between psychopathology (PP) and big-C creativity (CC), a “melting pot” from which we have extracted personality traits (PT) and then the genetic code (DNA), intelligence (IQ) and a certain zeitgeist (ZG), is quite organic, namely that big-C creativity (CC) feeds on subclinical hypomania (SCHM), formative originality (FO) and subliminal psychopathology (SLPP). In a rather more condensed formulation, CC (AS + DNA + IQ + ZG) is informed by SCHM and encoded by FO and SLPP. By entabulation: CC (AS + DNA + IQ + ZG) → SCHM → FO + SLPP. This book, hopefully part of a long-standing Artistic Personality series, is an overt illustration of the aforementioned thesis, with special reference to Ion Creangă and George Bacovia, two foremost Romanian representatives of prose (an 80% psychopathology in a sample of 110 writers) and poetry (93.75% psychopathology in a sample of 80 poets).

Kosova: Separate Worlds. Reflections and Analyses 1998

Author(s): Shkëlzen Maliqi / Language(s): English

Published in 1998 by Dukagjini Publishing House (Prishtina) // "I had not planned to write this book. It gathers a number of articles that deal with current (1998!) aspects of the problem of Kosova and the Balkan crisis in general. The selection of articles is perhaps not as representative as it could have been; out of hundreds that I have published since the mid- 1980s to today, included in this book are only those that were translated into English. Still, I hope that this selection of articles will be useful to specialists dealing with the Balkan crisis and the Albanian question, as well as to journalists and those interested in learning more about the essence of the processes underway. // For those with a wider interest, I have included two texts that deal with Kosova's art scene in the 1990's as well as an interview containing autobiographical references and information in which internal political and spiritual currents among Kosova Albanians overlap." (Shkelzen Maliqi)

Lica - časopis mladih za društvena pitanja, umjetnost i kulturu, Yugoslavia,Broj 1+2 (1974)

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian

Sztuka – edukacja – kultura. Z teorii i praktyki edukacji artystycznej

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Polish

Monografia pt. Sztuka – Edukacja – Kultura. Z teorii i praktyki edukacji artystycznej prezentuje różnorodne rozważania, zarówno od strony teoretycznej, technologii warsztatu artystycznego, dydaktyki sztuki i innowacyjnych rozwiązań w edukacji artystycznej. Publikacja zmusza czytelnika do refleksji nad miejscem i rolą sztuki w edukacji i wychowaniu we współczesnej rzeczywistości edukacyjnej bardzo szeroko pojętej. Na ile edukacja artystyczna zmienia się, a na ile jest osadzona w tradycji kształcenia artystycznego, takie pytania formułują Autorzy tekstów.Publikacja jest adresowana do szerokiej rzeszy teoretyków sztuki, badaczy, dydaktyków sztuki którzy zastanawiają się nad kształtem rozumienia sztuki i jej walorów edukacyjnych we współczesnym kształceniu artystycznym na wszystkich szczeblach nauczania.

Wstęp do wiedzy o grach tradycyjnych

Author(s): Remigiusz Kopoczek / Language(s): Polish

This book is in a sense a compendium of knowledge about the games fallingwithin the realm of human behaviour, which we define as the concept offun. The aim of the work is orienting a reader in the intricacies and diversityof traditional games that existed and still exist today, that has beguiled the timeof the old and the modern man.

Social Discourse in Challenging Times. The International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference 2023 Proceedings and Book of Abstracts

Author(s): / Language(s): English

In the light of current digital advancements, the discourse surrounding digitalization has increased in importance, and the International Scientific Conference “Social Discourse in Challenging Times” reflected upon this trend. Coordinated by the University of Economics in Bratislava, this event was organized within the ODDEA project, at the University of Economics in Bratislava, between May 17th-20th, 2023. The value and impact of the ODDEA project are also reflected within this volume. From discussions around current discourses to the exploration of the digitalization pathways, this collection represents a milestone in our journey towards a digital society research that would be both inclusive and resilient. These presentations provide insights into the selected problems of digital transformation and are invaluable contributions to the understanding of digitalization during these challenging times. Our sincere appreciation goes out to the researchers, contributors, reviewers and the academic community who have made this significant contribution possible. We hope that this volume will fuel further discussions, inspire additional research, and drive innovative breakthroughs in digitalization and interdisciplinary studies.

Danuta i Daniel Olędzcy. Architektura na miarę możliwości.

Author(s): Błażej Ciarkowski / Language(s): Polish

The biography of the couple of Tri-city architects, Danuta and Daniel Oledzki presents the image of designers of above-average professional achievements, authors of several buildings which were written down into the records of the history of Polish architecture. Grunwald Housing Estate (Grunwaldzka Dzielnica Mieszkaniowa) in Gdańsk, „falowce” multi-family housing, Wybrzeże Theater or Center of Culture in Kielce are ones of the most significant examples of Polish architecture raised in the times of socialism. Meanwhile, each of the projects includes its own story representing the everyday life in Polish People's Republic. The book dedicated to Danuta and Daniel Oledzki is not only a history of the projects and their execution. Their biographies are representative for the whole generation of architects who were born in the Second Polish Republic and entered adulthood in postwar Poland. They achieved their full potential in the times of Gomułka and Gierek and finally had to struggle the post-communist transformation. The history of Oledzkis and their works appears to be important in terms of preservation of the architecture heritage of PRL. The genesis of specific buildings and its circumstances enables the full, objective evaluation and, therefore, protection of their fundamental values.

Ранните осмогласници. Извори, богослужение и певчески репертоар (По ръкописи до XIII век)

Author(s): Svetlana Kujumdzieva / Language(s): Bulgarian

The study is focused primarily on manuscripts (MSS) from the library of the St. Catherine's monastery on Mount Sinai. The aim is to show what, where, and how according to the MSS studied the medieval chant repertories have been assembled to form an Oktoechos as a book.

Przeostrzenia

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

The book summarizes two moments of political breakthrough, which allows to look at Polish history in the 20th century not only from the perspective of violent transformations, but also long-lasting social, political and cultural narratives, reflected in Polish film productions, the organization of the film industry and the expectations the film audiences held of Polish cinema. The authors reflect on the narratives Polish filmmakers had to face, what elements of these narratives are present in Polish films which today prove both socio-political shocks and continuity and which form the complicated genealogy of the Third Polish Republic. The texts addressing this issue in German, Russian and Czechoslovakian cinema allow for seeing both transformations in Polish cinema in the transnational context.

Wpływ melodyki i rytmiki na tworzenie wielowariantowości odbioru wrażeń słuchowych. Przetwarzanie dźwięków w strumienie percepcyjne na przykładzie wybranych dzieł muzycznych

Author(s): Adam Rosiński / Language(s): Polish

The presented book is devoted to the theoretical and practical aspects related to the classification and arrangement of sounds relating to perceptual streaming during the listener's perception of a piece of music. The author has attempted to analyse musical works in an innovative way, which takes into account the various perceptual aspects that may arise during the listening of a given piece, thus enabling the listener to interpret the music differently in the form of various variants. The book presents an analysis of works by the following composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Antonio Vivaldi. The author has deliberately chosen compositions that may be familiar to both musicians and people without musical training.

Twenty-four Seconds of Shehin’s Life

Author(s): Chiya Parvizpur / Language(s): Arabic

Drazí IV. Dopisy Bohuslava Martinů rodině v Poličce z let 1936 a 1937 / Dear all IV. Bohuslav Martinů's letters to his family in Polička in 1936 and 1937

Author(s): Jaromír Synek,Gabriela Všetičková / Language(s): English,Czech

Bohuslav Martinů's extensive correspondence to his family in Polička is an extraordinarily valuable set of historic documents that testifi both to the composer's professional career and to his entirely private life. This fourth volume of the series compries 53 items of his family correspondence. This includes all the extant letters and one postal card that the composer and his wife sent home to Martinů's mother and siblings in Polička in the years 1936 and 1937. It allows the reader to follow a significant period in the lif of this exceptional artistic personality through his authentic personal testimony, supplemented with detailed annotations. The individual letters contain valuable information of his dealings with publishers and politicians, of his correspondence and conversations with colleagues and friends, and of course, of his compositions and the peaks and pitfalls of his efforts to have them performer on stages both at home and abroad. However, more than anywhere else, Bohuslav Martinů appears here as a man "of flesh and blood", with ordinary troubles and joys. His personal correspondence with those closest to him thus helps complete the overall picture of the life and work of the composer and is a metaphorical "umblicial cord" - a unique bridge connecting life abroad with that at home.

Zofia Lipecka. Labirynty sztuki

Author(s): Eleonora Jedlińska / Language(s): Polish

Book Zofia Lipecka. Labyrinths of Art presents a rich, long term work of the painter. The artist’s works are presented in chronological and problematic order, starting from the 1980s to the most recent. Zofia Lipecka is a Polish-French artist, born in Łęczca, she spent her entire adult life in Paris. She studied art history at the Sorbonne in Paris and painting at the École des Beaux Arts. Lipecka’s art, whose selected buy significant works for her entire oeuvre have presented in this study, has become a reason to delve into the work that could be described as the work of ethical and artistic responsibility. Following in the footsteps of the artist’s intellectual inquiries, worldviews, but also fascinations and inspirations, which make up art – in its widest spectrum – as do philosophy, political and social events, issues of environmental degradation, memory, history and, most recently, the war in Ukraine. In this book we find a picture, quite complete, of the attitude of the artist deeply engaged. Lipecka is interested in the condition of modern man – the trauma of post-war and Holocaust remembrance and entanglement in current political scenarios. The following chapters present the most important points of Lipecka’s work, points that situate her art in changing theoretical-philosophical relationships. Images – as the author of the book put in – are analyzed in a way through of the artist, specific historical, political or social facts. Meanings are created and events that motivate them take place. It is a book – the fruit of close intellectual and emotional bond between the art critic and the artist.

Prezentacje multimedialne w wystąpieniach naukowych

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Speeches at academic conferences are a permanent element of every researcher's activity, closely related to the area of his/her work, consisting, among others, of communicating the results of his/her research to the community. The quality of scientific communication is the basis for the flow of information, made with the visualization of data and conclusions, which becomes essential and expected by recipients in the 21st century. One of the methods of processing information into a multimedia form is a presentation that enriches oral communication and enables the recipients of the message to use multi-sensory channels at the same time: hearing and sight. The book formulates answers to two questions: "How to prepare a good scientific speech?" and "How to prepare a good presentation that enriches a scientific speech?" The publication has an academic and practical character. It divides into three parts. The first one concerns scientific speeches at scientific conferences, the second is devoted to multimedia presentations used during such speeches, and the third discusses specific examples of changes the authors introduced into their presentations to improve them and meet the requirements of a scientific one. The monograph also discusses other issues related to public speaking, such as clothing, savoir vivre, and voice emission. The main goals pursued by the authors of individual texts are knowledge and description, but also practical and implementation of the set goals. Authors use the following methods: desk research, analysis and criticism of literature, deductive, comparative & heuristic methods, and case studies. The book uses rich literature on the subject. The publication can be used by practicing and novice scientists, Ph.D. students, and students representing various academic disciplines.

Około 1900 – inne spojrzenia. Marginalia polskiej sztuki i kultury

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Young Poland is one of the most popular periods of our history of arts. It is evidenced by a multitude of scientific studies, artists’ monographs, exhibitions, albums. Looking further, however, one might notice countless white spots, forgotten or yet undiscovered phenomena, especially outside of the mainstream of “big names” and important centres. Immeasurable as of yet, field of marginalia requires constant exploration, profound look into then popular painting, social and economic functioning of the world of arts (including graphics and architecture), writing of creators that are not necessarily considered critics or art theoreticians till this day.

Milý příteli Bureši: Dopisy Bohuslava Martinů Miloslavu Burešovi / Dear friend Bureš: Bohuslav Martinů´s Letters to Miloslav Bureš

Author(s): Vít Zouhar,Gabriela Coufalová / Language(s): English,Czech

The monograph documents the preserved correspondence between the composer Bohuslav Martinů and the poet Miloslav Bureš. It represents a unique testimony to their having working together on four cantatas: Opening of the Springs, The Legend of the Smoke from Potato Tops, A Dandelion Romance and Mikesh from the Mountains. Furthermore, it serves to document the sheer difficulties of communication between East and West in the second half of the 1950s. This period picture is supplemented and extended by the correspondence Martinů and Bureš conducted with other addressees, which duly reveals other meanings and nuances of that which the two artists communicated to each other.