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teacherstheydidnotlike,andtheydidnotstopgoingroundthecity
intheattireofcitizens.32
RyszardPrzybylskiinhisbookKlasycyzm,czyliprawdziwykoniec
KrólestwaPolskiego[Classicism,ortherealendoftheCongressKingdom
ofPoland]wrote:KTissmallstatefunctionedsoastoslowlydecayand
corruptPoles.Tereisnodoubt,therefore,thattheyoungRomantics
wereright[ł],theclassicistseulogizedthislittlekingdomgiventothem
outofcharity,unawarethatitwasnolongerareasonablecovenantthat
wasatstake,orcarefullymeasuredconcessions.Again,likeintheyear
1795,existenceitselfwasatstakethatis,everythingwas[atstake]”.33
Theculturalachievementsof
theCongressKingdom
TeCongressKingdom’sshortexistence,whichwithtimebe-
cameincreasinglydependentonRussia,neverthelessresultedinWar-
saw’sconsiderabledevelopment,asitwasemphasizedbyJełowicki.
Inthistimeitwaspossibletoattainmanygoalsandexploremanyideas
ofthePolishEnlightenmentwhichdatedfrombeforePoland’sfinalfall
in1795.AmongthoseideaswastheplantoestablishaUniversitywith
itsSchoolofFineArtsinWarsaw.Itisbeyonddoubtthatagroupofout-
standingPoles,whichincludedStanisławKostkaPotocki(Fig.11)and
11.AntoniBlank,
StanisławKostkaPotocki,
oiloncanvas,
after1815,
theWilanów
PalaceMuseum
1815
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