Jan Białostocki (Polish: [ˈjan bjawɔˈstɔt͡skʲi]; August 14, 1921 – December 25, 1988) was a Polish historian who was born in Saratov, Russia and died in Warsaw. He is considered to be one of the most renowned Polishart historians of the 20th century.[1]
Białostocki's research interests were exceptionally broad and included the art of the Renaissance and the Baroque and Rococo, Rembrandt and the Dutch seventeenth century, Romanticism, history painting, the history of art doctrines, and methodological questions of the history of art. According to Józef Grabski, he "tried to instill in his students a need for a broad perspective when looking at a particular work of art. He was, in a way, an intellectual son of Erwin Panofsky. Prof. Białostocki directed the attention of his students to the wide context of every work of art: social, psychological, archival, but also historical, economics, as well as purely artistic. [...] He tried to show us the art historical research not only as pure history of art, but in connection with other humanist disciplines."[7] He has published more than 600 publications in several languages mainly on art from the Renaissance to the 18th century.
^Chrościcki, Juliusz (1988). Jan Białostocki (1921–1988). Rocznik Towarzystwa Naukowego Warszawskiego. p. 26-30.
^Jan Białostocki, "Ars Auro Prior". In Jean G. Harrell and Alina Wierzbiańska, eds., Aesthetics in Twentieth-century Poland: Selected Essays. Cranbury, New Jersey 1973, p. 270.
