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Text and illustrations: Piotr Pietrzak
The Lizard, the Fox, the Little Lion and the Hound Dogs are excellent guides with whom we will go on a journey through the ‘Heaven of Jan Heweliusz’. We will learn what constellations the famous astronomer from Gdańsk discovered, what stars he observed with particular interest and what optical device he constructed himself. King Jan III also shared the passion for observing the sky with Heweliusz, who received his own constellation – Scutum Sobiescianum – as a gift from the astronomer. A rhymed story about the constellations discovered by Heweliusz encourages us to look carefully at the sky based on the tips contained in it.
About the author: Piotr Pietrzak – PhD student at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, lecturer, teacher. He studied at the Faculty of Graphics of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the Publishing Graphics Studio of Prof. Lech Majewski and Prof. Andrzej Węcławski as well as the Warsaw and Krakow Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts. A participant of many international exhibitions and reviews related to graphic design, poster, illustration and painting. Scholarship holder of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2013–2014), the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2017/2018), the National Centre for Culture and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (2017). The publication ‘Niebo Jana Heweliusza’ is his literary debut.
Publisher: Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów
Year of publication: 2021
Length: 50 pages
Format: 34x20 cm
Cover: soft
ISBN 978-83-66104-77-8
The Lizard, the Fox, the Little Lion and the Hound Dogs are excellent guides with whom we will go on a journey through the ‘Heaven of Jan Heweliusz’. We will learn what constellations the famous astronomer from Gdańsk discovered, what stars he observed with particular interest and what optical device he constructed himself. King Jan III also shared the passion for observing the sky with Heweliusz, who received his own constellation – Scutum Sobiescianum – as a gift from the astronomer. A rhymed story about the constellations discovered by Heweliusz encourages us to look carefully at the sky based on the tips contained in it.
About the author: Piotr Pietrzak – PhD student at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, lecturer, teacher. He studied at the Faculty of Graphics of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the Publishing Graphics Studio of Prof. Lech Majewski and Prof. Andrzej Węcławski as well as the Warsaw and Krakow Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts. A participant of many international exhibitions and reviews related to graphic design, poster, illustration and painting. Scholarship holder of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2013–2014), the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2017/2018), the National Centre for Culture and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (2017). The publication ‘Niebo Jana Heweliusza’ is his literary debut.
Publisher: Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów
Year of publication: 2021
Length: 50 pages
Format: 34x20 cm
Cover: soft
ISBN 978-83-66104-77-8
