Athanasius Raczynski (1788-1874). Aristocrat, Diplomat, and Patron of the Arts / / Michal Mencfel.

• Superior document: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2022
• VerfasserIn: Mencfel, Michał,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Polish
• Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"This book depicts the long rich life and wide ranging work of Count Athanasius Raczyński (1788-1874). By exploring his complex personality, his processes of thought and his accomplishments, it reveals a man at once a wealthy aristocrat, a Pole in the Prussian diplomatic service, an active par...

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Abbreviations
• List of Figures
• Introduction
• 1 Polyoptric Portrait
• 2 Sources
• 3 State of Research
• 4 Acknowledgements
• part 1: Formation
• 1 Grandfather Kazimierz Raczyński
• 1 His Guardian's Long Shadow
• 2 Traitor?
• 3 Family and Fatherland
• 4 Three Principles
• 2 Brothers
• 1 No One Else
• 2 Mirror
• 3 Herr Bruder, Write to Me
• 4 My Poor, Poor Brother!
• 3 Apprenticeship and Journeyman Years
• 1 The Fist, Rod, and Cane, or Education
• 2 'A Model Young Pole'
• 3 In Warsaw Circles
• 4 Smelling of the Antechamber
• 4 Rapture
• 1 Wasteful Times
• 2 Melancholy Self-Portrait
• 3 Wertherism
• 4 A Keen Eye
• part 2: Politics
• 5 The Aristocrat
• 1 Decorum
• 2 Estate
• 3 A Scandalous Picture: The Fiasco of Family Politics
• 4 Manifesto: The Portrait Gallery in Gaj
• 6 Political Creed
• 1 The Flight from Warsaw in 1794: The Spectre of Revolution
• 2 The Last Absolutist
• 3 Attitude towards the November Uprising in the Kingdom of Poland
• 4 Cara Patria: Being Polish as a Burden and a Challenge
• 7 A Pole in Berlin
• 1 Decision
• 2 'A Nobleman of the First Class'
• 3 A Good Catholic and a Pole
• 4 The Old Count
• 8 Diplomat
• 1 Early Endeavours
• 2 The Power of Circumstances or 'a Place Apart'?
• 3 Iberia
• 4 Friendships: Juan Donoso Cortés and Alphonse de Brotty d'Antioche
• part 3: Art
• 9 Raczyński as an Artist
• 1 Picturesque and Sublime Nature
• 2 The Romantic Landscape
• 3 Travel Notes
• 4 Views of Architecture
• 10 Aesthetic Views, Writings on Art, Patronage
• 1 Basic Concepts: Beauty and Taste
• 2 Modern German Painting
• 3 Writings on Art
• 4 Raczyński's Friend Wilhelm Kaulbach
• 11 Collector
• 1 The Queen of the Elves
• 2 Italian Journey
• 3 A Single Goal
• 4 Contemporary Painting
• 12 The Gallery
• 1 A Temple to Art
• 2 A Joint Undertaking: The Gallery in Poznań
• 3 A Small but Tasteful Picture Gallery
• 4 The Museum: 2 Exercierplatz
• Conclusion
• Athanasius Raczyński: Timetable
• Bibliography
• Index.