ROLE OF SCULPTURE IN ARCHITECTURE OF THE 18th CENTURY PALACES. BASED ON THE EXAMPLES OF THE PALACES IN BIAŁYSTOK AND RADZYŃ PODLASKI
TOMASZ DZIUBECKI
Research on the history of the architecture of palaces in Poland of the 18th c. requires analysis of various factors which determine their form and meaning. Because of historical loses happened during centuries, it is highly recomendable to turn attention of scholars to the remaing genuine sculptures in the palaces of Białystok and Radzyń Podlaski. The extensive research based on iconographical method enabled to describe the important role of the sculpture, which created their symbolism using cultural codes of the epoch, based on ancient mythology, crucial for the multilevel meaning of each of the residences.
Keywords: palaces, sculpture, symbolism, antique, tradition, Białystok, Radzyń Podlaski