The University of Warsaw

Jerzy Miziołek

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978-83-235-2860-9

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323528609

Wydawnictwo:

Uniwersytet Warszawski

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2017

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433

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ONIX MARC21

Bibliografia:

Miziołek, Jerzy. The University of Warsaw. Red. . Warszawa: Uniwersytet Warszawski, 2017, 433 s. ISBN 978-83-235-2860-9, doi: https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323528609

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Uniwersytet Warszawski, Fryderyk Chopin, University of Warsaw, history of the University of Warsaw, buildings of the University of Warsaw, Frederick Chopin, historia Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, budynki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Autor przedstawia najważniejsze epizody 200-letniej historii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego oraz sylwetki jego rektorów, wybitnych profesorów i absolwentów, w tym Fryderyka Chopina. Publikacja jest wprowadzeniem w historię Uniwersytetu, a także przewo...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-235-2860-9

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323528609

Wydawnictwo:

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Rok wydania:

2017

Liczba stron:

433

XML:ISBN/ISSN:

ONIX MARC21

Introduction9
I. Warsaw in the time of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Congress Kingdom (1807–1831) 21 Images and symbols21
The inception of the Congress Kingdom26
The last years of the Congress Kingdom31
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II. The establishment of the University of Warsaw 41 Plans for founding a University in Warsaw at the turn of the eighteenth century41
The Nobles’ Academy of the Corps of Cadets, or the School of Chivalry43
The founding of the University53
The emblem and banner of the University58
The inauguration of the University59
The functioning and organization of the University64
Rector Wojciech A. Szweykowski68
The University and the Society of Friends of Learning71
Stanisław Staszic in organizing education in Warsaw73
The monument to Nicolaus Copernicus75
III. The Faculty of Science and Fine Arts – education and art 81 The programme of teaching of the “Fine Sciences”81
The historic precinct of the University (the Campus)83
The Botanic Garden and Astronomical Observatory in Aleje Ujazdowskie96
Outstanding Professors of the Faculty of Sciences and Fine Arts100
Fryderyk Chopin’s university studies105
IV. The Fine Arts Department and its role in shaping the artistic culture of Warsaw 111 The impact of the royal collection of sculptures at the turn of the eighteenth century114
collections of the University121
The functioning of the Fine Arts Department127
The scholarship policy of the University129
The University’s exhibitions of Fine Arts130
prints on artistic culture in Warsaw134
The history of a certain competition topic138
The amphitheatre, or the painting studio at the University of Warsaw142
V. The period between the Uprisings and the legacy of the first University of Warsaw 153 The dissolution of the University and the fate of its buildings to the mid-nineteenth century153
The School of Fine Arts 1844–1862155
The seat of the School of Fine Arts and its professors157
On some works of art of mid-nineteenth-century Warsaw163
VI. The Main School and its legacy 175 Positivist Background175
in the 1860s176
The organization of the Main School, its structure and functioning178
The University buildings in the time of the Main School182
The legacy of the Main School188
The January Uprising and the students of the Main School189
The closure of the Main School and opening of the Imperial University191
The University gate194
VII. The University of Warsaw in the years 1915–1945 203 On the road to independence and rebirth203
The functioning of the reborn University212
University and the Warsaw Uprising224
VIII. The University of Warsaw in the People’s Republic of Poland (1944/1952–1980) 239 Post-war reconstruction239
Concerning old photographs, the University’s banner and the Rector’s insignia243
Eminent scholars and international congresses247
Some thoughts on the University Library Print R Room249
March 1968250
IX. The Solidarity Decade and the rise of the Third Republic 259 Signs of freedom, important visits and new University buildings268
X. New infrastructure and scientific achievements of the University of Warsaw in the years 2005–2017 285 Epilogue309
Appendix 1. The Chopins’ apartment at the Universitycampus315
Appendix 2. Stanisław Kostka Potocki. The Founder of the University of Warsaw Museum of the Fine Arts325
Appendix 3. Letter of artists – professors of the Fine Arts Department of the Royal University of Warsaw334
Appendix 4. Egyptian mummies and sarcophagi. The University of Warsaw deposit at the National Museum in Warsaw341
Appendix 5. Nobel Prize laureates linked with the University of Warsaw345
A calendar of the University of Warsaw’s history354
Bibliography375
Index395
List of illustrations421

–weretakentoSt.Petersburg.Tus,theUniversity,foundedbuttwenty

yearsearlier,ceasedtoexist;andtheFacultyofScienceandtheFine

Artsalongwiththeotherfourfacultiesdisappearedwithit.Itonlyre-

gaineditsindependencein1915,althoughitwasrevivedbrieﬂyunder

thenameoftheCentralCollegeortheMainSchoolbetween1862and

1869.TemajorityoftheUniversity’streasures,lostinthenineteenth

centuryandreturnedafterthePolish-BolshevikWarin1920,werede-

stroyedbytheNaziGermansduringtheSecondWorldWar.Yet,despite

theseterriblelosses,therebuiltCampusatKrakowskiePrzedmieścieand

thesplendidlyreconstructedBotanicGardeninAlejeUjazdowskiewith

itsAstronomicalObservatoryhaveretainedtheirmonumentalcharacter

andareamongthemostmagicalandpicturesqueplacesinWarsaw.

LikethescholarsactiveinmanyEuropeanandAmericanuni-

versities–namely,Cambridge,OxfordandHarvard–thefoundersof

Warsaw’sUniversitywereintentonfulﬁllingthenobleidealsofanin-

stitutionofhighereducationwhichwouldhaveitsownartcollection

thatwouldplayavitalroleintheteachingprocess.Fortheﬁrsttimein

thehistoryofPolishartisticculture,theworksproducedbytheartists

whoweretheUniversity’sprofessorsandstudentswereshownatpublic

exhibitionswhichenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Fortunately,several

nineteenth-centurypaintings,prints,anddrawingshavesurvivedand

giveusanexcellentideaofwhatthoseeventslookedlike,helpingusto

understandthetruedignityandprestigeofWarsaw’sﬁrstUniversity.

Teseenlightenmentidealswereinvokedevenaslateasintheinterwar

period,whentheUniversityacquiredRenaissancemedals–subsequent-

lydestroyedduringthewar–andextendeditspatronagetotheverysuc-

cessfularchaeologicalexcavationsatEdfuinEgypt(1936–1939).Tese

ambitiousplanswerethwartedrepeatedlybecauseofPoland’scomplicat-

edandoftentragicfortunes,andthefateofWarsaw,whichwascruelly

pillagedaftertheNovemberUprising,andalmostrazedtotheground

duringtheSecondWorldWar.TeimpactofWarsaw’sﬁrstUniversity

–which,byandlarge,continuedthetraditionofKingStanisławAu-

gustus’artisticpatronage–onthecity’sandPoland’sartisticculturewas

considerable.5TenumerousUniversitybuildings,erectedinlaterperi-

odsandlocatedinvariouspartsofWarsaw,playedavitalpartinshaping

thecity’sarchitecturallandscape.

Tisbook,richlyillustratedwithlittle-knownorhithertoun-

publishedmaterials,isaddressedtoawidecircleofreaders.Itcanbe

readasanintroductiontotheUniversity’shistory,andasaguidetoits

historicmonumentsandcollectionofplastercasts,aswellastheengrav-

ingsanddrawingshousedintheUniversityLibraryPrintRoom.

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