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Enlightenment in Poland Enlightenment in Poland Enlightenment in Poland Lesson plan (English) Lesson plan (Polish) Bibliografia: M. Piotrowska-Marchewa, Nędzarze i filantropi. Problem ubóstwa w polskiej opinii publicznej 1815-1863, Toruń 2004. Enlightenment in Poland Naonal Theatre on the Krasiński Square in Warsaw Source: Zygmunt Vogel, 1791, domena publiczna. Link to lesson You will learn to characterize the characteristic features of the Enlightenment in Poland; to exchange the leading creators of the Polish Enlightenment; to recognize the examples of the Classicism period art, including your own region Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl Nagranie abstraktu The most significant Enlightenment impulses reached Poland from France. Another Enlightenment source of inspiration were the patterns derived from Germany. Both, August II and his son August III, were known for their love of art. Thanks to their investments, Dresden turned into a model baroque city, and Zwinger into an example of a palace building, admired by people in Europe. In Warsaw a number of investments were carried out - from the famous Saxon Axis to the Royal Castle reconstruction. In Grodno a new castle was built and the Sejm sessions were held there. However, Polish culture owns the most to the patronage of the last king - Stanisław August. In cooperation with the art advisory: Marcello Bacciarelli and Fryderyk Moszyński, Stanisław August implemented a number of initiatives in the field of urban planning, architecture, sculpture and painting. Wonderful palaces, gardens, residential towns reconstructions and art collecting became the responsibility of the largest magnate families. The main magnate families began to build magnificent residences. The most famous are: Radziwiłł Palaces in Nieśwież and Nieborów, Branicki Palace in Bialystok, Lubomirski Palace in Łańcut, Czartoryski Palace in Puławy, Sieniawa and Korc, and Potocki Palace in Tulczyn. In 1765, Stanisław August Poniatowski inaugurated the performances of the first Polish permanent theatre troupe. Much later, the theatre team became known as the „National Theatre”. Wojciech Bogusławski is considered to be the father of this institution, financed in significant part by the king. Exercise 1 Indicate the sources of the Enlightenment Czartoryski Palace in Puławy ideas in Poland. Source: Konstanty Czartoryski, domena publiczna. Masonic lodges start appearing in Warsaw the Jesuit Order education trips to the United States magnates worshipping the Sarmatian tradition Stanisław Leszczyński manor in Lorraine travels of young Polish aristocracy representatives to France clerics’ studies and journeys to Rome and Naples the Saxon court of Wettin English patterns becoming fashionable amongst the aristocracy Task 1 Listen to the audion What soluons in the field of social policy were proposed by philanthropy, trendy in the enlightenment? How did it reach Poland? Try to assess their effecveness. Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl Nagranie lektorskie M. Piotrowska-Marchewa “ Nędzarze i filantropi. Problem ubóstwa w polskiej opinii publicznej 1815-1863 Ladies from disnguished families, who felt equally comfortable in their estates, in Warsaw, as well as in those in Paris, Vienna or Spa, were very busy with seng new, and improving old, rural and urban residences, compleng book collecons, posing for portraits as a part of their „household dues”, and travelling. Probably this way, but also, as a result of the personal contacts, blood es and friendship with the enlightened monarchs, they adopted and spread the nascent Portrait of Helena Modrzejewska trend for introducing the innovave Source: Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, domena publiczna. soluons in the field of caring for the poor. In Western Europe, at the turn of the 18th and 19th century, these soluons included: free medical treatment and vaccinaon against smallpox, feeding those poor who „deserved support”, introducing elementary vocaonal educaon by employing in the „charity workshops” people, who were at least parally able to work, including the orphaned children. In Poland in the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski, philanthropy developed mainly in Warsaw, as a part of the royal court efforts influenced by the Masonry. Its most important postulate was: „acng for the good of people”. Following the example of the capital, the Masonic lodges were also established in Throne Room in the Royal Castle in Warsaw smaller towns, but their acvies Source: Carlos Delgado, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0. were limited to collecng contribuons to help the poor and the vicms of the natural disasters. Somemes, at the iniave of the members, who were doctors, the free medical assistance was provided to the poor. The fashion for philanthropy led to the opening of the first in Poland, Warsaw Instute of the Poor. It was opened in 1783, on the iniave of the French general, Freemason Baron Pierre Lefort and Stanisław August Poniatowski. The Instute was a kind of manufacture, managed by a private entrepreneur, who employed the beggars taken from the streets, and the volunteering poor residents of the city. Their work consisted of texle manufacturing and wool spinning. Source: M. Piotrowska-Marchewa, Nędzarze i filantropi. Problem ubóstwa w polskiej opinii publicznej 1815-1863, Toruń 2004. Exercise 2 Match the palace architecture with the magnate families that founded them in the 18th century. Tulczyn, Łańcut, Puławy, Nieborów, Białystok, Sieniawa Czartoryski Branicki Radziwiłł Potocki Lubomirski Exercise 3 Match the names of the leading arsts and acvists of the Enlightenment in Poland to their works. Try to trace which one of them has already appeared outside the borders of Poland? Franciszek Karpiński 1749 Stanisław Konarski 1787 Stanisław Leszczyński 1792 Stanisław Staszic 1780–1786 Adam Naruszewicz 1760–1763 Stanisław Staszic 1790 Hugo Kołłątaj, 1792 Franciszek Dmochowski Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Exercise 4 Check your knowledge about the Enlightenment press. Which of the following tles were not magazines? Mark their tles. Dziennik Handlowy Gazeta Narodowa i Obca Monitor Nowe Ateny albo Akademia wszelkiey scyencyi pełna Pamiętnik Historyczno-Polityczny Zabawy Przyjemne i Pożyteczne Keywords philantrophy, patronage, guardianship Glossary guardianship Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl Nagranie słówka: guardianship Kuratela – opieka nad osobą niezdolną do działań prawnych lub nieobecną oraz nad jej majątkiem patronage Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl Nagranie słówka: patronage Mecenat – pomoc materialna udzielana uczonym, artystom, pisarzom i poetom. nuncjatura apostolska - siedziba przedstawicielstwa (ambasada) Stolicy Apostolskiej reprezentująca w osobie nuncjusza interesy tego podmiotu palladian architecture Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl Nagranie słówka: palladian architecture Palladianizm – styl w architekturze zapoczątkowany przez Andrea Palladio. Budowle wzniesione przez tego architekta i jego naśladowców cechuje konsekwencja układów konstrukcyjnych, umiarkowanie w dekoracji, stosowanie wielkiego porządku obejmującego całą wysokość budynku Kołłątaj's Forge Nagranie dostępne na portalu epodreczniki.pl Nagranie słówka: Kołłątaj's Forge Kuźnica Kołłątajowska – stworzone u schyłku XIX wieku określenie na zespół publicystów, pracujących pod kierownictwem H. Kołłątaja Lesson plan English Topic: Enlightenment in Poland Target group 6th‐grade students of elementary school Core curriculum 6th‐grade students of elementary school. XVI. Commonwealth in the Stanisławów era. Pupil: 5 ) recognizes the characteristic features of the Polish Enlightenment and is characterized by examples of the art of the Classicism period, including its own region. General aim of education Students learn the characteristic features of the Polish Enlightenment and examples of the art of the Classicism period, including their own region Key competences communication in foreign languages; digital competence; learning to learn. Criteria for success The student will learn: to characterize the characteristic features of the Enlightenment in Poland; to exchange the leading creators of the Polish Enlightenment; to recognize the examples of the Classicism period art, including your own region. Methods/techniques activating discussion. expository talk. exposing film. programmed with computer; with e‐textbook. practical exercices concerned. Forms of work individual activity; activity in pairs; activity in groups; collective activity. Teaching aids e‐textbook; notebook and crayons/felt‐tip pens; interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers. Lesson plan overview Before classes 1. The teacher proposes to listen to the lectures in the e‐textbook on the first page of the lesson. Introduction 1. The teacher gives the students the subject, the purpose of the lesson and the criteria for success. 2. The teacher explains the students the ways in which the Enlightenment ideas reached the Polish lands. Students do Exercise 1. Realization 1. The teacher, while continuing the issues of the flow of Enlightenment patterns, asks students to do Task 1. They listen to broadcasts on solutions in the field of social policy were proposed by, fashionale in the enlightenment philanthropy. How did it reach Poland?. 2. The teacher tells the students how King Stanisław August Poniatowski supported the development of the culture of enlightenment in Poland. He also presents the phenomenon of magnate patronage. Students do Exercise 2, assigning individual palace objects to magnate families. 3. Students search the Internet for information about the Załuski Library
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