Katarzyna Cieślak

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Katarzyna Cieślak (born February 14, 1956 in Danzig ; † September 8, 1997 in Potsdam - Mittelmark ) was a Polish art historian who dealt with the art history and culture of Pomerania , Warmia and Mazury .

Life

Katarzyna Cieślak finished her art history studies in 1979 at the University of Warsaw under the supervision of Professor Mariusz Karpowicz .

After completing her studies, she was employed in the research team of the Art History Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdansk, after which she moved to the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute for Modern History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

In 1988 she received her doctorate. She was mainly engaged in research on the culture of Gdańsk. Katarzyna Cieślak published numerous treatises in German and Polish.

During a study visit to Germany, she fell victim to a car accident and died at the age of 41. She was posthumously awarded the Georg Dehio Prize of the Esslingen Artists' Guild in 1999.

The Katarzyna Cieślak Foundation, founded in 2002, supports young scientists (up to 40 years of age) who are concerned with the art history and culture of Pomerania , Warmia and Mazury .

Works (selection)

  • From the pictorial epitaph to the bourgeois monument of fame in Danzig, “Zeitschrift für Ostforschung” 34.1985, 2, pp. 161–175.
  • Epitaphs in Danzig (15th to 20th centuries). Problems of their iconography and function, "North-East Archive". Journal for Cultural History and Regional Studies, 22, 1989, 97, pp. 257–266.
  • The "Second Reformation" in Gdansk and church art, [in:] Historical Imagery. Problems-ways-examples, ed. v. B. Tokemitt, R. Wohlfeil, Berlin 1991 ["Journal for Historical Research", Supplement 12], pp. 165–173.
  • Unknown emblem books in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, "Wolfenbütteler BarockNachrichten", 20, 1993, 2, p. 90ff.
  • About emblems in Danzig churches and their church history, [in:] Two Hanseatic cities Bremen and Danzig over the centuries, ed. v. A. Groth, Gdańsk 1994, pp. 73-96.
  • The pulpit in St. John's Church in Gdansk (around 1616) - its iconography and its relationship to the religious life of the city, [in:] History of Protestant Church Building. Festschrift for Peter Poscharsky for his 60th birthday, ed. v. K. Raschzok, R. Sörries, Erlangen 1994, pp. 243-250.
  • The Danzig epitaphs as a social-historical phenomenon, [in:] Sztuka Prus XIII-XVIII wieku, red. M. Woźniak [Studia Borussico-Baltica Torunensia Historiae Artium, t. 1], Toruń 1994, pp. 179-198.
  • Emblematic Programs in Seventeenth-Century Gdańsk Churches in the Light of Contemporary Protestantism: an Essay and Documentation, “Emblematica”. An Interdisciplinary Journal for Emblem Studies, 9, 1995, 1, pp. 21-44.
  • Death and remembrance. Danzig epitaphs from the 15th to the 20th century. (Individual publications by the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research, ed. By U. Arnold, 14), Lüneburg 1998, p. 128.
  • Art in a denominationally divided city - example of Gdańsk, [in:] Kościół i sztuka Pobrzeża Bałtyku / Church and Art in the Baltic Sea Region, red. M. Woźniak [Studia Borussico-Baltica Torunensia Historiae Artium, 3], Toruń 1998, pp. 189-209.
  • The role of iconography in the adaptation of Catholic churches by the Lutherans in Danzig, [in:] The images in the Lutheran churches. Iconographic Studies, ed. v. P. Poscharsky, Munich 1998, pp. 59-72.
  • Gregorius Frisch: The Sankt Marien parish churches in Dantzig internal demolition, arr. K. Cieślak, (Bibliotheca Historica Gedanensis, 1), Gdańsk 1999, p. 261.
  • Emblems in Johann Arndt's “Paradiesgärtlein”, “Pietism and Modern Times”. A yearbook on the history of modern Protestantism, 25, 1999, pp. 11-30.

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personal data
SURNAME Cieślak, Katarzyna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish art historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1997
Place of death Potsdam - Mittelmark