<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper is an attempt at reconstructing Stanisław Witkiewicz’s creative method on the basis of his scattered writings. The Zakopane style has become a phenomenon across a broad spectrum of Polish national styles. The inspirations for classical national styles were typically arbitrarily selected sets of forms taken from a specific historical style associated with a given nation or state. It was often an eclectic set – enriched with elements derived from other styles. Stanisław Witkiewicz consistently avoided borrowing and copying, confining himself solely to drawing inspiration from the folk art of Podhale. In the methodology of his architecture, rational elements (exposing the structure, stressing hygiene) interweaved with ornamentation, predominantly featuring floral themes and elements of a specific mythology.</p></abstract>

This paper is an attempt at reconstructing Stanisław Witkiewicz’s creative method on the basis of his scattered writings. The Zakopane style has become a phenomenon across a broad spectrum of Polish national styles. The inspirations for classical national styles were typically arbitrarily selected sets of forms taken from a specific historical style associated with a given nation or state. It was often an eclectic set – enriched with elements derived from other styles. Stanisław Witkiewicz consistently avoided borrowing and copying, confining himself solely to drawing inspiration from the folk art of Podhale. In the methodology of his architecture, rational elements (exposing the structure, stressing hygiene) interweaved with ornamentation, predominantly featuring floral themes and elements of a specific mythology.

Contemporaneity – Zakopane-ness – the heritage of Zakopane. The Zakopane style in the space of the confrontation of national styles Stanisław Witkiewicz’s Zakopane style and its <italic>differentia specifica</italic>

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Contemporaneity – Zakopane-ness – the heritage of Zakopane. The Zakopane style in the space of the confrontation of national styles Stanisław Witkiewicz’s Zakopane style and its 

This paper is an attempt at reconstructing Stanisław Witkiewicz’s creative method on the basis of his scattered writings. The Zakopane style has become a...

Contemporaneity – Zakopane-ness – the heritage of Zakopane. The Zakopane style in the space of the confrontation of national styles Stanisław Witkiewicz’s Zakopane style and its differentia specifica

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 53 - 61

Received: Nov 08, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.123.11448

Keywords
national style in architecture, the Zakopane style, folk art, vernacular architecture, Podhale

© 2019 Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Contemporaneity – Zakopane-ness – the heritage of Zakopane. The Zakopane style in the space of the confrontation of national styles Stanisław Witkiewicz’s Zakopane style and its differentia specifica

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 53 - 61

Received: Nov 08, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.123.11448

Keywordsnational style in architecture, the Zakopane style, folk art, vernacular architecture, Podhale

© 2019 Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
national style in architecture, the Zakopane style, folk art, vernacular architecture, Podhale