No. 4(70) (2023): Medieval Wrocław – between distant transfers and implementation realities. Architecture and fine arts

The last issue of “Quart” this year is devoted to various fields of art present in Wrocław in the Middle Ages. If you read Jakub Adamski’s article, you will learn about the “architectural avant-garde around 1300” and the role played by the capital of Lower Silesia in assimilating and propagating the latest stylistic patterns of the time, not only in this domain of art. An extraordinarily detailed discussion, based on all currently available sources, on the decoration, furnishings and functions of the convent church of the Dominican Sisters of Wrocław is the result of Agnieszka Patała’s in-depth research. In turn, Aleksandra Sieczkowska’s commentary on the Annunciation with the Unicorn Polyptych from St. Elizabeth’s Church in Wrocław is conducive to further discussion of this outstanding work, now in the National Museum in Warsaw. The entire volume is rounded off by Dobrosława Horzela’s text, which presents – on the example of craftsmen working on the glazing at the Dominican church and monastery in Wrocław – the methods used by window glazing workshops in the 15th and 16th c.

In doing so, we refer to other thematic issues of our quarterly in which Wrocław also made a special appearance as a place and an arena for artistic activities. I would like to mention, for example, issue 4(62)/2021 on contemporary art in Wrocław or the more recent issue 3(65)/2022, which discussed Wrocław’s industrial architecture. The issue was created with the support of the Department of Culture of the Wrocław City Office, whose financial support significantly contributed to the publication of this issue.