Tag Archives: Konstanty Gebert

some of his best friends are in fact polish

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Dave

But somehow Poland remains unbowed; a self-evident disruption and an inviting unity. It was close, but catastrophe is overcome, despite staring it in the face. This disaster that was Poland: a resonance with impacted suffering that somehow fuses a sense … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged A. Ciborowski, Barack Obama Poland, Bernardo Bellotto polish paintings, Donald Tusk Poland, Hanseatic League, Jan Karski, Konstanty Gebert, Lech Kaczynski, Lech Walesa, Lee Feinstein Poland, Mickiewicz polish poet, Nazi destruction Warsaw, Poniatowski Napoleon general, Szymon Bogumil Zug, Tomasz Markiewicz, Warsaw Postwar reconstruction | Leave a comment

old warsaw: honky chateaus and the polish paradox

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Dave

The destruction of Poland during WWII was unprecedented. The past is, in many real ways, the only material out of which to construct the future since so many citizens draw their sustenance, spiritual as well as economic, from the city. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bernardo Bellotto polish paintings, Copernicus statue Warsaw, Dawid Warszawski, Dr. Karol Estreicher, Frederic Chopin, Jan Zachwatowicz, Jerzy Urban, Jozef Sigalin, Konstanty Gebert, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nazi destruction Warsaw, Piotr Bieganski, Warsaw Market Square, Warsaw reconstruction, Warsaw reconstruction after WWII, Warsaw Rising Museum, warsaw uprising 1944, Wilanow Palace Poland | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Konstanty Gebert

some of his best friends are in fact polish

old warsaw: honky chateaus and the polish paradox

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