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Alexis Preller’s mural Discovery (1959–62), commissioned in 1959 for the Nicol Conference Hall in central Pretoria, offers a visually striking interpretation of the historic discovery of the sea route around Africa in the late 15th century. This impressive oil painting skillfully combines historical narrative with symbolic artistry. It draws inspiration from the era of Portuguese navigators and explorers, such as Vasco da Gama, as well as the rich diversity of the African continent. This period marked a signif...

This paper presents the issue of ceramics created in Lubycza KrГіlewska, Siedliska and Potylicz (ukr. Potelych), three towns located on the current Polish-Ukrainian borderland. It mainly discusses the history of the establishment and further fate of the manufactory in Lubycza KrГіlewska, which is the most documented of those three places. It operated at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and brought to life one of the most interesting examples of pottery in this part of the modern day Poland. This article sh...

Twentieth-century art remained under the influence of ancient cultures, with artists frequently reinterpreting classical myths and employing mythological motifs. For instance, James Joyce, in his novel Ulysses, presented a classical myth within a modern context. Artists also used figures such as Niobe and Icarus to express universal truths about the human condition. Polish artists – sculptor Igor Mitoraj and composer Krzysztof Baculewski – likewise drew inspiration from antiquity. Mitoraj’s sculptures, renow...

This article explores a significant cartographic achievement by John Amos Comenius, his map of Moravia that extends beyond the realm of education. Initially, the article will discuss the creator of the map, his life, sources of inspiration, educational contributions, and his significance for Moravia, where he was born, as well as the reasons for his exile. After that, we will focus on the significance of Comenius’s Map of Moravia. We will examine the historical background of the creation of the map in the 17th c...

The Bucharest Pinacotheque has become the foremost repository of Romanian artistic heritage, documenting national artistic developments from the mid-19th century to the present day. Alongside its extensive Romanian holdings, the institution also preserves a smaller but significant collection of European art, comprising over fifty works by foreign artists dating from the 17th to the early 20th century. The aim of this research is to analyze the European art collection donated by Ioan I. Movila, with particular atte...