Upodobania i pasje hofrata Kazimierza Chłędowskiego
Hofrat Kazimierz Chłędowski’s Interests and Avocations
Author(s): Michał Jaskólski Subject(s): Anthropology, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; Galicia; Renaissance; Baroque; Rococo; Italy; France; Rome; Ferrara; Siena; Naples; Paris;
Summary/Abstract: The essay presents the life and work of Kazimierz Chłędowski (1843–1920), partly in recognition of his political merit, but first of all to acknowledge his contribution to cultural studies and the popularization of knowledge about the Renaissance and the Baroque. Being a mere clerk and occupying at first the lowest post in the administration of Galicia, the part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, with time Chłędowski raised to the position of the minister for Galicia in the Austrian government. Throughout his career and during the retirement he wrote several powerful monographs devoted to the history and culture of the Renaissance and the Baroque in Italy and France. His works had many re-editions in Poland and their translations won great popularity mainly in Germany and Scandinavia. Today Chłędowski seems to be a rather forgotten figure, hence the idea of writing this essay.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio G – Ius
- Issue Year: 66/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 101-113
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish