Jan Białostocki
Jan Białostocki | |
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Białostocki in 1988 | |
Born | (1921-08-14)14 August 1921 Saratov, Russia |
Died | 25 December 1988(1988-12-25) (aged 67) Warsaw, Poland |
Awards | Aby Warburg Prize (1980) Herder Prize (1970) |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Warsaw |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Institutions | National Museum in Warsaw |
Main interests | History of art |
Jan Białostocki (Polish: [ˈjan bjawɔˈstɔt͡skʲi]; August 14, 1921, in Saratov, Russia – December 25, 1988, in Warsaw) was a Polish historian. He is considered to be one of the most renowned Polish art historians of the 20th century.[1]
Life and work
During the German Occupation of Poland (1939–45), Białostocki studied at the so-called "Secret University of Warsaw" philosophy and art history under Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz, Tadeusz Kotarbiński and Michał Walicki. From September 1944 to May 1945 he was a prisoner in several German concentration camps. After World War II he worked for about ten years as an assistant at the National Museum, Warsaw and from 1956 on, he directed the museum's art gallery. From 1945 on, he also worked at the University of Warsaw, first as an assistant at the Department of Medieval Art, then as a lecturer. In 1962 he was appointed professor of art history.[2]
Since 1964 Białostocki was a member of the Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art, since 1973 a member of the Institute for Advanced Study of Princeton University. He lectured at numerous academic institutions and museums in many European countries, the USA and Mexico, for instance, at Princeton University (1958), Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut (1965–1966),[3] New York University (1972), the University of Wisconsin (1972), the Pennsylvania State University (1973), the Collège de France (1978) and the University of Cambridge (1984–1985).[4] He also participated in the Twentieth International Congress for the History of Art in New York City.[5] In 1980 he was awarded the first ever Aby Warburg Prize of Hamburg.[6]
Białostocki's research interests were exceptionally broad and included the art of the Renaissance and the Baroque and Rococo, Rembrandt and the Dutch seventeenth century, Romanticism, history painting, the history of art doctrines, and methodological questions of the history of art. According to Józef Grabski, he "tried to instill in his students a need for a broad perspective when looking at a particular work of art. He was, in a way, an intellectual son of Erwin Panofsky. Prof. Białostocki directed the attention of his students to the wide context of every work of art: social, psychological, archival, but also historical, economics, as well as purely artistic. [...] He tried to show us the art historical research not only as pure history of art, but in connection with other humanist disciplines."[7] He has published more than 600 publications in several languages mainly on art from the Renaissance to the 18th century.
Białostocki was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971.[8]
Select publications
- Poussin i teoria klasycyzmu (1953)
- Pojęcie manieryzmu i problem odrębności sztuki polskiej w końcu XVI i w początku XVII wieku (1953)
- Cyrkiel i „Melancholia”. O teorii sztuki Abrechta Dürera (1954)
- Malarstwo europejskie w zbiorach polskich (1955)
- Badania ikonograficzne nad Rembrandtem (1957)
- Metoda ikonologiczna w badaniach nad sztuką (1957)
- Pięć wieków myśli o sztuce (1959)
- "Dürer, Albrecht". In Encyclopedia of World Art (1961)
- Styl i modus w sztukach plastycznych (1961)
- Teoria i twórczość. O tradycji i inwencji w teorii sztuki i ikonografii (1961)
- Le "Baroque": style, epoque, attitude (1962)
- Sztuka cenniejsza niż złoto. Opowieść o sztuce europejskiej naszej ery (1963)
- "Iconography and Iconology". In Encyclopedia of World Art (1963)
- Encompassing Themes and Archetypal Images (1965)
- Der Manierismus zwischen Triumph und Dämmerung (1965)
- Późny gotyk: rozwój pojęcia i terminu (1965)
- Stil und Ikonographie. Studien zur Kunstwissenschaft (1966)
- Kompozycja emblematyczna epitafiów śląskich XVI wieku (1968)
- Symbolika drzwi w sepulkralnej sztuce baroku (1968)
- Rembrandt's "Eques Polonus" (1969)
- Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968) (1970)
- Two Types of International Mannerism: Italian and Northern (1970)
- William Hogarth (1972)
- Spätmittelalter und beginnende Neuzeit (1972)
- The Art of the Renaissance in Eastern Europe (1976)
- Vom heroischen Grabmal zum Bauernbegräbnis (1977)
- Refleksje i syntezy ze świata sztuki (1978)
- Die Eigenart der Kunst Venedigs (1980)
- Historia sztuki wśród nauk humanistycznych (1980)
- Zeichnungen alter Meister aus polnischen Sammlungen (1981)
- Symbole i obrazy w świecie sztuki (1982)
- Dürer und die Humanisten (1983)
- Dürer and his Critics, 1500-1971 (1986)
- "Die Todessymbolik der Tür". In Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Erik Forssman (1987)
- The Message of Images. Studies in the History of Art (1988)
- Sztuka XV wieku. Od Parlerów do Dürera (2010)
Further reading
- Franco Bernabei, "Jan Białostocki, Formalism, and Iconology". Artibus et Historiae, Volume 11, No. 22 (1990), pp. 9–21.
External links
- Dictionary of Art Historians: Białostocki, Jan
- JULIUSZ A. CHROŚCICKI, "In Memoriam Jan Białostocki (1921-1988)", Artibus et Historiae no. 20 (X) (1989)
- Maria Poprzęcka, "A reminiscence about Jan Białostocki (1921-1988)", Polish Art Studies, 12 (1991), pp.251-253
- Institute for Art Historical Research: About the author, Jan Białostocki
- Encyclopaedia Universalis: BIAŁOSTOCKI JAN (1921-1988)
References
- ^ According to Maria Poprzęcka, he was "one of the greatest scholars and humanists of our time" and had "world fame". See Maria Poprzęcka, "A reminiscence about Jan Białostocki (1921-1988)", Polish Art Studies, 12 (1991), pp. 251-253
- ^ Chrościcki, Juliusz (1988). Jan Białostocki (1921–1988). Rocznik Towarzystwa Naukowego Warszawskiego. p. 26-30.
- ^ Jan Białostocki, "Ars Auro Prior". In Jean G. Harrell and Alina Wierzbiańska, eds., Aesthetics in Twentieth-century Poland: Selected Essays. Cranbury, New Jersey 1973, p. 270.
- ^ Jan Bialostocki: Slade Professor from 1984-85
- ^ Studies in Western Art: Acts of the Twentieth International Congress of the History of Art
- ^ Abi Warburg-Preis Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The 35th Anniversary of the IRSA Institute for Art Historical Research". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ^ "Jan Bialostocki (1921 - 1988)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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- 1964: Oto Bihalji-Merin
- Jan Kott
- Stanisław Lorentz
- Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
- 1965: Tudor Arghezi
- Manolis Hatzidakis
- Emanuel Hruška
- Zoltán Kodály
- László Németh
- Hugo Rokyta
- Hristo Vakarelski
- 1966: Ján Cikker
- Dezső Dercsényi
- Zlatko Gorjan
- Aleksander Kobzdej
- Anton Kriesis
- Niko Kuret
- Dimiter Statkov
- 1967: Iván Fenyő
- Vladimír Kompánek
- Witold Lutosławski
- Spyridon Marinatos
- Alexandru A. Philippide
- Mihai Pop
- Svetozar Radojčić
- 1968: Constantin Daicoviciu
- Roman Ingarden
- Miroslav Krleža
- Ludvík Kunz
- Anastasios Orlandos
- Lajos Vayer
- Pancho Vladigerov
- 1969: Jolán Balogh
- Albín Brunovský
- Bohuslav Fuchs
- Mihail Jora
- Marijan Matković
- Ksawery Piwocki
- France Stele
- 1970: Jan Białostocki
- Jan Filip
- Zoltán Franyó
- Milovan Gavazzi
- Gyula Illyés
- Yiannis Papaioannou
- Zeko Torbov
- 1971: Jiří Kolář
- Blaže Koneski
- Georgios Megas
- Kazimierz Michałowski
- Mihail Sokolovski
- Zaharia Stancu
- Bence Szabolcsi
- 1972: Dragotin Cvetko
- Atanas Dalchev
- Branko Maksimović
- Gyula Ortutay
- Jaroslav Pešina
- Henryk Stażewski
- Virgil Vătășianu
- 1973: Veselin Beshevliev
- Stylianos Harkianakis
- János Harmatta
- Zbigniew Herbert
- Eugen Jebeleanu
- Petar Lubarda
- Jan Racek
- 1974: Władysław Czerny
- Ivan Duichev
- Ivo Frangeš
- László Gerő
- Stylianos Pelekanidis
- Ján Podolák
- Zeno Vancea
- 1975: Józef Burszta
- Hristo M. Danov
- Stanislav Libenský
- Maria Ana Musicescu
- Gábor Preisich
- Pandelis Prevelakis
- Stanojlo Rajičić
- 1976: Jagoda Buić
- Marin Goleminov
- Ioannis Kakridis
- Dezső Keresztury
- Nichita Stănescu
- Rudolf Turek
- Kazimierz Wejchert
- 1977: Nikolaos Andriotis
- Riko Debenjak
- Emmanuel Kriaras
- Albert Kutal
- Máté Major
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Anastas Petrov
- Ion Vladutiu
- 1978: Eugen Barbu
- Đurđe Bošković
- Kazimierz Dejmek
- Stoyan Dzudzev
- Béla Gunda
- Jiří Hrůza
- Yiannis Spyropoulos
- 1979: Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Ferenc Farkas
- Zdenko Kolacio
- Atanas Natev
- András Sütő
- Pavel Trost
- Apostolos E. Vacalopoulos
- 1980: Gordana Babić-Đorđević
- Iván Balassa
- Kamil Lhoták
- Manousos Manousakas
- Vera Mutafchieva
- Alexandru Rosetti
- Wiktor Zin
- 1981: Emil Condurachi
- Sándor Csoóri
- Stefka Georgieva
- Dimitrios Loukatos
- Vjenceslav Richter
- Eugen Suchoň
- Elida Maria Szarota
- 1982: Athanasios Aravantinos
- Ana Blandiana
- Vojislav J. Đurić
- Sona Kovacevicová
- Aleksandar Nichev
- Jan Józef Szczepański
- Imre Varga
- 1983: Władysław Bartoszewski
- Géza Entz
- Jozef Jankovič
- Gunther Schuller
- Zdenko Škreb
- Stefana Stoykova
- C. A. Trypanis
- 1984: Emilijan Cevc
- Konstantinos Dimaras
- Karel Horálek
- György Konrád
- Constantin Lucaci
- Krasimir Manchev
- Krzysztof Meyer
- 1985: Branko Fučić
- Růžena Grebeníčková
- Adrian Marino
- Demetrios Pallas
- Károly Perczel
- Simeon Pironkov
- Andrzej Wajda
- 1986: Georgi Baev
- Tekla Dömötör
- Boris Gaberščik
- Konrad Górski
- Johannes Karayannopoulos
- Jiří Kotalík
- Anatol Vieru
- 1987: Roman Brandstaetter
- Doula Mouriki
- József Ujfalussy
- Vladimir Veličković
- Velizar Velkov
- Gheorghe Vrabie
- 1988: Roman Berger
- Christos Kapralos
- Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga
- György Györffy
- Donka Petkanova
- Mieczysław Porębski
- Edvard Ravnikar
- 1989: Maria Banuș
- Ákos Birkás
- Jerzy Buszkiewicz
- Václav Frolec
- Nikolai Genchev
- Petar Miljković-Pepek
- Nikos Gabriel Pentzikis
- 1990: Liviu Calin
- Bronisław Geremek
- Aris Konstantinidis
- Dejan Medaković
- Virginia Paskaleva
- Adriena Šimotová
- András Vizkelety
- 1991: Maja Bošković-Stulli
- Gerard Labuda
- Andor Pigler
- Yorgos Sicilianos
- Emil Skála
- Marin Sorescu
- Stoimen Stoilov
- 1992: Manolis Andronikos
- Jenő Barabás
- Blaga Dimitrova
- Stefan Kaszynski
- Jiří Kořalka
- Zmaga Kumer
- Jon Nicodim
- 1993: Vasilka Gerasimova-Tomova
- Petro Kononenko
- György Kurtág
- Jerzy Tchórzewski
- Răzvan Theodorescu
- Elena Várossová
- Māra Zālīte
- Dionysis Zivas
- Viktor Žmegač
- 1994: István Borzsák
- Dževad Juzbašić
- Ștefan Niculescu
- Andrzej Szczypiorski
- Jitka and Květa Válová
- Takis Varvitsiotis
- Zigmas Zinkevičius
- 1995: Sándor Kányádi
- Mirko Kovač
- Milcho Lalkov
- Michael G. Meraklis
- Mindaugas Navakas
- Wisława Szymborska
- Jaan Undusk
- 1996: Tamás Hofer
- Karel Hubáček
- Konstantin Iliev
- Marin Mincu
- Jože Pogačnik
- Pēteris Vasks
- Marian Zgórniak
- 1997: Tasos Athanasiadis
- Bogdan Bogdanović
- Oskár Elschek
- Ferenc Glatz
- Lech Kalinowski
- Jaan Kross
- Dunja Rihtman-Auguštin
- 1998: Imre Bak
- Andrei Corbea-Hoișie
- Eliška Fučíková
- Ismail Kadare
- Justinas Marcinkevičius
- Dorota Simonides
- Elena Toncheva
- 1999: Svetlana Alexievich
- Vera Bitrakova-Grozdanova
- Mircea Dinescu
- István Fried
- Henryk Górecki
- Dževad Karahasan
- Ferdinand Milučký
- 2000: Ján Bakoš
- Ivan Čolović
- Nikola Georgiev
- Imre Kertész
- Milan Kundera
- Karolos Mitsakis
- Arvo Pärt
- 2001: Yurii Andrukhovych
- Janez Bernik
- János Böhönyey
- Maria Kłańska
- Marek Kopelent
- Andrej Mitrović
- Evanghelos Moutsopoulos
- 2002: George Demetrius Bambiniotis
- Māris Čaklais
- Péter Esterházy
- Radost Ivanova
- Nedjeljko Fabrio
- Aurel Stroe
- Lech Trzeciakowski
- 2003: Vasil Gyuzelev
- Drago Jančar
- Károly Manherz
- Stanisław Mossakowski
- Ales Rasanau
- Ludvík Václavek
- Ana Maria Zahariade
- 2004: Theodore Antoniou
- Michał Głowiński
- Dušan Kováč
- Fatos Lubonja
- Éva Pócs
- Kazimir Popkonstantinov
- Romualdas Požerskis
- 2005: Károly Klimó
- Hanna Krall
- Primož Kuret
- Jiří Kuthan
- Andrei Marga
- Eimuntas Nekrošius
- Krešimir Nemec
- 2006: Włodzimierz Borodziej
- Nicos Hadjinicolaou
- Gabriela Kiliánová
- Ene Mihkelson
- Vojteh Ravnikar