15 May 2026, 11.00
Printing, perspective and optics transformed the way Europeans saw the world. The widespread availability of books and images, together with advances in the study of vision, opened up new possibilities for understanding and representing reality. Join us for a lecture in the Mature for Art series, where the story of these revolutionary changes will be set against the backdrop of the Collegium Maius and its rich collections.
15 May 2026, 11.00
Venue: Libraria Collegium Maius
The invention of printing and discoveries in the field of optics transformed European culture forever. Thanks to printing, knowledge and images began to circulate on an unprecedented scale. At the same time, the development of geometric perspective and research into vision shaped new ways of representing space in painting and architecture, but also altered the visual representation of humanity’s relationship with the surrounding world. Collegium Maius, with its rich collection of books, prints, optical instruments and astronomical equipment, will provide the backdrop for a story of how art and science together opened up new horizons of the imagination.
The Mature Art sessions, led by art historian and long-standing ICC collaborator, Dr Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk, are aimed at an adult audience, with a particular focus on mature participants. The lectures analyse issues related to art history and culture in relation to themes that have also been presented in exhibitions at the ICC. This is an excellent opportunity for discussion and a deeper understanding of the works and their context. The Mature for Art lectures are currently organised in collaboration with the Jagiellonian University and take place at the Jagiellonian University Museum, Collegium Maius. You are warmly invited!
Practical information:
- The event will take place in a hybrid format: in person at the Collegium Maius Museum of the Jagiellonian University and online via Zoom.
- Attendance at the lectures is free of charge.
- The event will be held in Polish.
- Participation in the lectures is free of charge.
- Lecture duration – approx. 60 min.
- To receive a link to participate in the online meeting, please send your application to the following email address: warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl.
- For detailed information, please write to warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl or call 12 42 42 860.
Dr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk – art historian, curator. Studied art history at Jagiellonian University, Universität Wien and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Graduate of the interdisciplinary study program Environment-Technology-Society (UJ). Author of scholarly articles on 20th century art and architecture and publications in exhibition catalogs and journals. Co-editor of an anthology of image/body texts and the publication “Komponowanie przestrzeni. Rzeźby awangardy”. Co-author and curator of the artistic and scientific program “Exercising Modernity” (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). As part of her doctoral thesis being prepared at the Institute of Art History at the Jagiellonian University, she is conducting research on the concept of space in the work of Katarzyna Kobro.
The offer is under the auspices of the monthly magazine “Voice of the Senior”.
We would like to inform you that during classes, workshops, meetings, gallery lessons, lectures, photos may be taken for the needs of the International Cultural Centre in Cracow (including, among others, for documentation and information on the ICC website and on the ICC profiles on Facebook and Instagram). If you do not agree to this, please inform us in advance. Photos may include images of people participating in the classes and images of works made during the classes. Failure to provide written information to the Exhibition Center before the start of the classes is tantamount to consenting to the International Cultural Center in Krakow’s use of the photos mentioned above.
The event is sponsored by the monthly magazine “Głos Seniora”.
