In a succinct and accessible way, the authors present the most important facts about the painting and the artist, including the latest historical, restoration and iconographic research. The book features many illustrations with reproductions of the “Last Judgement” and its most remarkable details.

Polish version:
ISBN PL: 978-83-63185-29-9
dimensions: 160 × 200 mm
number of pages: 100
softcover
language: Polish
year of publication: 2015
price: 12.00 zł

English version:
ISBN EN: 978-83-63185-37-4
dimensions: 160 × 200 mm
number of pages: 100
softcover
language: English
year of publication: 2015
price: 12.00 zł

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Everything in this story is incredible, mysterious and thrilling. The history of Hans Memling’s “Last Judgement” is a long list of questions that are either difficult to answer or have no answer at all. We know more and more, yet are increasingly troubled both by the mystery of the circumstances in which one of the greatest masterpieces of the Late Middle Ages was produced and by its turbulent later history. There is no other painting with such a dramatic history, even to the point of its creator being unknown for centuries.

The album features over 450 photographs by Andrzej Nowakowski alongside comprehensive texts on Hans Memling’s work, the arcana of his art and the painting’s history.

date of publication: 2016-04-30
date of 1st Polish publication: 2016-04-30
number of pages: 448
language: Polish
ISBN: 9788324230020

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How did Hans Memling’s “Last Judgement” come to be? Who commissioned it and why? Who painted it? What does it depict? How did it come to Gdańsk? What happened to it later on, and its present-day story? Young readers can find the answers to all these questions in “Z Brugii do Gdańska. Sąd Ostateczny Hansa Memlinga” [From Bruges to Gdańsk. Hans Memling’s ”Last Judgement”], written by Jacek Friedrich and illustrated by Joanna Czaplewska.

The book was published by the National Museum in Gdańsk as part of the 2017 Gdańsk-based programme on “Hans Memling’s Last Judgement. One of the 100 most important paintings of early art.“ The book was sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Jacek Friedrich, art historian. Lecturer at the University of Gdańsk’s Institute of Art History. Author of many papers on the history of art and culture in Gdańsk yesterday and today, including the children’s books: “Gdańsk dla młodych podróżników“ [Gdańsk for Young Travellers], Gdańsk 2005, and “Srebrna łyżeczka“ [“The Silver Spoon“], Gdańsk 2007. He also researches the history of the art of illustration.

Joanna Czaplewska, graphic artist and illustrator. A graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts, she is now an assistant lecturer at her alma mater. Together with Katja Widelska, she illustrated the book “Trzy, dwa, raz, Günter Grass“ [“Three, Two, One, Günter Grass“] (published by Oficyna Gdańska, Gdańsk 2015), which received an honourable mention in the 2016 Book of the Year graphic art category from the Polish Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBYs).

ISBN: 978-83-63185-42-8
dimensions: 195 x 255 mm
number of pages: 56
year of publication: 2017
hardcover
language: Polish, English
out of print

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This catalogue, edited by Prof. Marcin Kaleciński, compiled for the exhibition entitled “To Live with Christ and Mary. The Art of Private Devotion in 1450-1530“ (National Museum in Gdańsk, 1 December 2017–28 February 2018, curated by Dr. hab. Marcin Kaleciński Prof. UG), presents a phenomenon of religious art in the Late Middle Ages: art that was produced outside of the liturgy and official worship, without any direct Church control, birthed from an emotional need for religious connection. The items on display came from Polish national, church and private collections.

ISBN: 978-83-63185-34-3
dimensions: 230 × 290 mm
number of pages: 328
softcover
language: Polish, English
year of publication: 2017

price: 60.00 zł

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