The exhibition “Bellum et artes – casus Silesiae. Fine arts and religion in Silesia during the wars of the 17th century”.

This story will be about a war – one of the largest that ever crossed Europe. A war that broke out in the 17th century, lasted thirty years and covered the entire central part of the continent. However, this will not be a story about battles and campaigns, but about the fate of the people who lived in their shadow for decades. Today, they are known to us thanks, among other things, to artists – painters, graphic artists and architects – whose wartime experiences are reflected in their works or to whom the war set them specific tasks.

The place to which this story relates will be Silesia. Its inhabitants – due to the geopolitical and religious situation – found themselves in an extremely complicated position in the 17th century.

Exhibition concept and texts:
Dr Agnieszka Seidel-Grzesińska
Dr Marcin Wisłocki

Exhibition organiser:
Museum of the University of Wrocław

The exhibition is the result of collaboration between the Institute of Art History of the University of Wrocław and the Wrocław University Museum within the framework of the international academic and exhibition project “Bellum et artes. War, Art and Politics in Central Europe during the Thirty Years’ War” coordinated by the Leibniz Institute for History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) in Leipzig in cooperation with the State Art Collections in Dresden (SKD).

Exhibition opening:
17 May 2023, 12.30 p.m.
University of Wrocław Museum, Mathematical Tower, Pl. Uniwersytecki 1, Wrocław

During the opening it will be possible to purchase at a discount the bilingual (en / pl) publication accompanying the exhibition by dr Agnieszka Seidel-Grzesińska and dr Marcin Wisłocki.

You are most welcome!