{"id":1069,"date":"2021-08-31T17:27:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/dev\/?post_type=object&#038;p=1069"},"modified":"2021-10-28T17:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:37:15","slug":"johannes-hevelius-monument","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/johannes-hevelius-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Johannes Hevelius Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technique: <\/strong>sandstone sculpture, metalwork<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> approx. 5 m (total)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Object:<\/strong> The construction of the monument commemorating the outstanding Gda\u0144sk researcher, Johannes Hevelius, was initiated by the Gda\u0144sk club of the \u201cNeptun\u201d Society of Friends of Children. It was designed by the sculptor Micha\u0142 G\u0105sienica-Szostak. The monument is a column supported on a rectangular base, with a cube-shaped capital on which sits the astronomer with his head raised towards the sky and a book in his lap. The figure is placed inside a stylised armillary sphere (an astronomical device used since antiquity as a celestial sphere model to determine equatorial and ecliptic coordinates), symbolising the sky surrounding an Earth-bound observer. The armillary sphere was made of copper sheet. The column\u2019s capital features an inscription of capital cast bronze letters (?): \u201cTo Johannes Hevelius, the youth of Gda\u0144sk, 1973\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place: <\/strong>The monument was originally located on the square on Korzenna Street opposite the Old Town Hall. Due to the square\u2019s redevelopment, the monument was moved to a green area next to Wodop\u00f3j Street, with Hotel Mercury Hevelius Gda\u0144sk funding the location and restoration work. Following completion of the restoration, the monument was unveiled on 08 December 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information about the author:<\/strong> Micha\u0142 Wojciech G\u0105sienica-Szostak (born 24 August \u00a01936 in Zakopane) is a sculptor and educator. In 1956, he graduated from the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. He studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts (PWSSP) in Gda\u0144sk (as of 1996 :Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk) and received his diploma at the Faculty of Sculpture in 1961. Between 1961 and 1969 he worked as an assistant in the Sculpture and Architectural Design Studio at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk. In the 1973\u20131981 period, he was the director and deputy director of the Antoni Kenar State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. Father of Karol G\u0105sienica-Szostak (1963), Zakopane sculptor and professor at the State Higher Vocational School in Nowy S\u0105cz. He authored numerous sculptures in wood and sandstone, as well as monumental and outdoor sculptures around Poland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition of the object: <\/strong>good, renovated<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner\/guardian:<\/strong> Gda\u0144sk Road and Greenery Authority<\/p>\n<p>Author of the entry: Kora Kowalska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technique: sandstone sculpture, metalwork Dimensions: approx. 5 m (total) Object: The construction of the monument commemorating the outstanding Gda\u0144sk researcher, Johannes Hevelius, was initiated by the Gda\u0144sk club of the \u201cNeptun\u201d Society of Friends of Children. It was designed by the sculptor Micha\u0142 G\u0105sienica-Szostak. The monument is a column supported on a rectangular base, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":115,"template":"","object_cats":[37,39],"districts":[47],"object_authors":[55],"class_list":["post-1069","object","type-object","status-publish","hentry","object_cat-monument","object_cat-sculpture","obj_district-old-town","object_author-kora-kowalska-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/object"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"object_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_cats?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"obj_district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"object_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_authors?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}