The museum is closed on Mondays.
Dear visitors,
until the 15th of May (excluding weekends and the 1st of May) in one of the rooms of the permanent exhibition XX + XXI Polish Art Gallery in the Main Building, preparatory work will continue for the upcoming display Mehoffer from Fribourg. Cathedral Stained Glass Designs. As a result, sounds of construction work may reach you at the Gallery, especially near the room where the work is in progress. We are very sorry for this inconvenience.
The show Mehoffer from Fribourg. Cathedral Stained Glass Designs will be available to you starting May 16th as part of your ticket to the XX + XXI Polish Art Gallery.
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Fans played a significant role in Chinese culture. Used since antiquity by both men and women, they were available in many varieties based on the function they fulfilled, their shape and the nature of their decoration. Apart from their functional qualities, fans constituted important ceremonial accessories. In the Tang Dynasty (618-907), they also became a medium for painters and calligraphers. The oldest type was a rigid fan. Another, younger type, was a folding fan, popular in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). These objects were made of precious materials such as wood of fragrant trees, Livistona chinesis palm leaves, bamboo, lacquer, ivory, tortoiseshell or metal decorated with filigree and cloisonné, silk or bird feathers.
A separate group consisted of fans which were produced for export to Europe in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong and Macau (17th-19th century). Among them were mandarin fans, decorated with polymorphous scenes depicting Chinese dignitaries among landscape and architecture. Their faces and garments were made as appliques of painted ivory and silk.
Text by Beata Pacana – adjunct, Head of Department of Far Eastern Art, National Museum in Krakow.
We would like to invite all visitors to see the exhibition titled „In the Realm of the Dragon. Chinese Art in the Collections of the National Museum in Krakow”, which is held from 20 February to 5 July 2015 in the Main Building of the National Museum in Krakow (1st floor, temporary exhibition hall)
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