“One of the Most Delightful Sights in Warsaw”. On the French Models for the Arcades and Colonnade of the Saxon Palace
Paweł Migasiewicz
p.migasiewicz@gmail.comInstitute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-8845
Abstract
The article is devoted to the origins of the general concept and detailed solutions applied in the new Saxon Palace in Warsaw, erected between 1838 and 1842 following the design by Wacław Ritschel and Adam Idźkowski. The most characteristic feature of the edifice was its division into two parts connected by arcades and a colonnade, which allowed communication between the square and the garden and between the two parts of the building. The text demonstrates that this solution is a compilation of several models drawn from 17th- and 18th-century French architecture, two of them in particular.
Keywords:
Warsaw, Saxon Palace, Wacław Ritschel, Adam Idźkowski, French architecture, Jean Marot, Marly, Grand Trianon, Jules-Hardouin-Mansart, Ange-Jacques GabrielReferences
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Paweł Migasiewiczp.migasiewicz@gmail.com
Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8610-8845
Paweł Migasiewicz, PhD (habil.) a graduate of the Institute of Art History at the University of Warsaw and École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, since 2015 an employee of the Institute of Art at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the issues of early modern Polish sculpture and architecture in the wider European context, artistic relationships between France and Central Europe, art in Silesia in the 17th and 18th century, and the art and politics on the early modern era. He is the author of several books and many scholarly articles.
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