Issue 1(67)/2023

Editorial

The latest issue of our quarterly demonstrates that the diversity of art can also be accompanied by its very diverse and creative interpretations. Epochs of the past can be combined in them with our present, and the tradition of art history with attempts to renew its research methods. Texts such as the article by Rafał Eysymontt devoted to medieval tower houses, or Radosław Gliński’s discussion on architectural porticoes, a permanent feature of urban constructions in that period, introduce us to the world of former architecture, urban planning and the accompanying realities of social life spread throughout Europe, as far as the lands of Silesia. The same is true of the juxtaposition of seemingly distant works in time and space analysed by Romuald Kaczmarek and Jerzy K. Kos, where interesting objects from different eras – Silesian tombstones from the 13th and 14th c. as well as the Hoym Family Mausoleum in Brzeg Dolny, the last surviving work by Friedrich Gilly – give the authors an occasion to reflect not only on the history of these objects, but also on the destructive influence of time, which erases the traces of human activity and causes their material and ideological deterioration. This destruction can sometimes be the result of political circumstances, but it can also happen that the power of politics, entering the arena of art, creates works of art that serve immediate propaganda purposes. Such was the case of St. Barbara’s Church in Bytom, the history of which is described in an article by Aleksandra Podlejska. And in an attempt to refer, at least in part, to the main theme of the previous issue of the “Quart”, which was interwar art, we publish Piotr Kulak’s text on Nela Samotyhowa’s art criticism, practised by her mainly in the “Kobieta Współczesna” (Contemporary Woman) weekly. In contrast, we are introduced into the wonderful and disturbing realm of 20th c. psychedelic art by a commentary on Wes Wilson and Chet Helms’ poster advertising rock concerts held in San Francisco in 1966 (Justyna Chojnacka). The issue is complemented by a review of Filip Lipińsk’s book Ameryka (America) (Ewa Wylężek-Targosz), a text in which the historical-geographical area, extending beyond the sole territory of the US states, becomes the subject of in-depth reflection on the almost mythical impact of American civilisation on the entire contemporary world.

What remains for me at this point is to wish you a careful reading of the texts we present – with the thought in mind that art itself is more valuable not only than gold, but also current politics, and therefore it is worth examining both its scientific and emotional aspects.

On behalf of the Editorial Board
Prof. Dr. habil. Waldemar Okoń

Studia z dziejów sztuki na Śląsku
REDAKTOR TEMATYCZNY NUMERU / GUEST EDITOR: dr hab. Cezary Wąs, prof. UWr

  Od redakcji / Editorial

SPIS TREŚCI / TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  Spis treści / Table of Contents

33
/ Rafał Eysymontt /
  Medieval city tower houses as an indication of conflict and struggle for dominance. A comparison of selected European phenomena with examples from Silesia
  Medieval city tower houses as an indication of conflict and struggle for dominance. A comparison of selected European phenomena with examples from Silesia. Summary

32
/ Radosław Gliński /
  High porticoes. A phenomenon from Bolków, Kłodzko and Świdnica in a European context
  High porticoes. A phenomenon from Bolkow, Klodzko and Swidnica in a European context. Summary

58
/ Romuald Kaczmarek /
  Uwagi o wczesnych gotyckich płytach nagrobnych na Śląsku (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem figuralnych)
  Notes on early gothic tombstones in Silesia (with particular reference to figural ones). Summary

84
/ Jerzy K. Kos /
  Wybitne dzieło Friedricha Gilly’ego czeka na ratunek. Mauzoleum Hoymów w Brzegu Dolnym
  Friedrich Gilly’s outstanding work awaits to be restored. The Mausoleum of the von Hoym Family in Brzeg Dolny. Summary

100
/ Aleksandra Podlejska /
  Kościół św. Barbary w Bytomiu jako bastion przeciwko polskości? Treści ideowe architektury świątyni w kontekście sytuacji Górnego Śląska po I wojnie światowej
  Church of St. Barbara in Bytom as a bastion against Polishness? Ideological content of the church’s architecture in the context of the situation of Upper Silesia after the World War I. Summary

ROZPRAWY I RECENZJE / ESSAYS AND REVIEWS

122
/ Piotr Kułak /
  Krytyk – przyjaciel twórcy i odbiorcy. Krytyka artystyczna Neli Samotyhowej na łamach tygodnika „Kobieta Współczesna” (1927–1934)
  The critic – friend of the creator and of the viewer. Nela Samotyhowa’s art criticism in the weekly magazine “Kobieta Współczesna” (1927–1934). Summary 

142
/ Justyna Chojnacka /
  The roar of a lion that the hippies marvelled at. A few remarks about the iconographic sources of the so-called psychedelic art in the milieu of American graphic artists from the 1964-1968 period
  The roar of a lion that the hippies marvelled at. A few remarks about the iconographic sources of the so-called psychedelic art in the milieu of American graphic artists from the 1964-1968 period. Summary

156
/ Ewa Wylężek-Targosz /
  Odkrywanie Ameryki. Filip Lipiński, Ameryka. Rewizje wizualnej mitologii Stanów Zjednoczonych, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań 2021
  Discovering America. Summary