1. If all of the world´s cultural heritage
(sports, music, fashion, architecture, literatur
e, painting, etc..) was contained in a time
capsule, what would you include to
demonstrate the legacy of your country?
POLAND
La Carolina 14.10.2012
2. Elements of the Polish cultural heritage- my personal choice
• Music (Fryderyk Szopen, Krzysztof Penderecki)
• Politics (Lech Wałęsa, Solidarność)
• Literature (Adam Mickiewicz, Czesław
Miłosz, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Wiesława
Szymborska)
• Science (Mikołaj Kopernik)
• Paintings- Young Poland style
(Malczewski, Olga Boznaoska, Chełmooski)
• Folklore tradition- Lowicz
3. Polish heritage Music
Fryderyk Szopen- composer (22.03.1810-17.10.1849)
Polonez As-dur op. 53
4. Polish heritage Music
Krzysztof Penderecki- composer (23.11.1933- )
Theme music from film „Katyn”
5. Polish heritage Politics
Lech Wałęsa and Trade Union SOLIDARNOŚD- the movement
that initiated the end of the era of socialism in a peaceful way.
Lech Wałęsa received a Nobel prize for his work and fight for
human rights.
6. Polish heritage Literature
Polish, one of the most difficult languages in the world but also
one of the beloved by the polish poets and writers to express
their feelings and thoughts. It is very difficult to choose the
examples from the rich polish literature while every masterpiece
was unique and unrepeatable. The given below are the personal
choices from the polish literature:
Bogurodzica (Mother of
God) is the oldest Polish
hymn. It was composed
somewhere between the
13th and 14th centuries.
http://youtu.be/Qf1JPnLzV9s
7. Polish heritage Literature
Poetry of Wiesława
Szymborska (Nobel prize)-
http://www.nobelprize.org/no
bel_prizes/literature/laureates/
1996/szymborska-poetry.html
Poetry of Czesław Miłosz (Nobel
prize)-
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel
_prizes/literature/laureates/1980/
milosz-poetry.html
8. Polish heritage Literature
Poetry of Adam Mickiewicz-
„Pan Tadeusz”- national epic
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=PaBTfBL8H00&feature=rel
ated
Prose of Henryk Sienkiewicz-
„Potop” (The Deluge] novel about
the polish resist against the
Swedish invasion in the XVI century
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=PJqeczqJaag
9. Polish heritage Science
Heliocentrism discovered by
the polish astronomer Mikołaj
Kopernik
The earth was not a center of universe (geocentrism)
10. Polish heritage Painting
Young Poland (Polish: Młoda Polska) was a modernist period in
Polish visual arts, literature and music, covering roughly the
years between 1890 and 1918.
Jacek Malczewski
(15.07.1854-8.10.1929)
Hektor, Hamlet Polski
11. Polish heritage Painting
Olga Boznaoska
(15.04.1865-26.10.1940)
Girl with Chrysanthemums, Self portrait
12. Polish heritage Painting
Józef Chełmooski
(7.11.1849-6.04.1914)
Babie lato, The Storks
13. Polish heritage Tradition-folklore
Folklore- culture tradition from my region
Regional paper-cut
Regional outfit
Traditional house