- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
„Where there are no museums...”. Archaeological collecting in the 19th century Poland 3101-DWMUZ-OG
Around the mid-19th century, in Poland being under occupation of three empires, a new type of assemblage emerged alongside the chiefly decorative collections of antiquities belonging to the small circle of Polish aristocrats before 1831, which consisted mostly of antique marble sculptures, their copies and antique-like imitations, and more rarely Greek vases compiled in so-called “ensembles”. The new collections of antiquities consisted mostly of small objects. The owners of these assemblages, which were usually modest in size or highly specialised and focused on a selected category of finds, placed local artefacts before Classical antiquities. Private collectors of the second half of the 19th century acquired antique pieces during journeys to the birthplaces of the Graeco-Roman civilization, through purchase on the antiquarian market and, in some cases, as a result of excavations or chance discoveries. Antique objects in the collections may have functioned as mere curiosities, but more often they were meant to provide scientific proof of the long history of the Polish territories and an example of relations between the native culture and products of great civilisations.
The Polish society, particularly the intelligentsia and landowning classes, began to actively promote the development of science, culture and art, not only by showing initiative on a personal level, but also, with time, by building an organisational framework for their activities. The revival of the unique form of social life that is the building of private collections manifested itself in the activity of the antiquarian milieu, which consisted of savants and artists, bibliographers and archaeologists. It was their initiative to organise regular meetings of numismatists in the 1850s, and to put together the first antiquities exhibition on Polish soil in 1856. Given the acute lack of museum institutions of a national character, participation in such exhibitions, a series of which were held in the second half of the 19th century, was an example of public engagement in cultural activity, which was in itself an act of manifold significance. Finally, public collections established in the 19th century, especially museums and libraries that opened upon the restoration of Poland’s independence, owed their most precious acquisitions to numerous members of the antiquarian community – owners of private collections with a disposition to generosity.
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- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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