Polish heritage

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

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

Polish heritage MusicFryderyk Szopen- composer (22.03.1810-17.10.1849) Polonez As-dur op. 53

Polish heritage MusicKrzysztof Penderecki- composer (23.11.1933- ) Theme music from film „Katyn”

Polish heritage PoliticsLech Wałęsa and Trade Union SOLIDARNOŚD- the movementthat initiated the end of the era of socialism in a peaceful way.Lech Wałęsa received a Nobel prize for his work and fight forhuman rights.

Polish heritage LiteraturePolish, one of the most difficult languages in the world but alsoone of the beloved by the polish poets and writers to expresstheir feelings and thoughts. It is very difficult to choose theexamples from the rich polish literature while every masterpiecewas unique and unrepeatable. The given below are the personalchoices 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

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

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

Polish heritage Science Heliocentrism discovered by the polish astronomer Mikołaj KopernikThe earth was not a center of universe (geocentrism)

Polish heritage PaintingYoung Poland (Polish: Młoda Polska) was a modernist period inPolish visual arts, literature and music, covering roughly theyears between 1890 and 1918. Jacek Malczewski (15.07.1854-8.10.1929) Hektor, Hamlet Polski

Polish heritage Painting Olga Boznaoska (15.04.1865-26.10.1940) Girl with Chrysanthemums, Self portrait

Polish heritage Painting Józef Chełmooski (7.11.1849-6.04.1914) Babie lato, The Storks

Polish heritage Tradition-folklore Folklore- culture tradition from my region Regional paper-cut Regional outfit Traditional house

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Polish heritage

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