{"id":4165,"date":"2023-03-28T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/?post_type=object&#038;p=4165"},"modified":"2023-03-28T23:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:40:13","slug":"monument-to-johannes-gutenberg","status":"publish","type":"object","link":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/obiekt\/monument-to-johannes-gutenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Monument to Johannes Gutenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Technique: <\/strong>sculpture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 98 cm \u00d7 85 cm \u00d7 85 cm (plinth), max. 220 cm \u00d7 105 cm \u00d7 75 cm (figure), 7.5 m (height of the gazebo)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Object:<\/strong> The monument placed in a steel gazebo commemorates Johannes Gutenberg, a German craftsman generally regarded as the inventor of print. Although he was not the actual inventor of movable type, he did invent exchangeable matrices, the method of type design and composition, and the printing press. Therefore, he is regarded as the patron of printers and it was on their initiative that the first, wooden gazebo was unveiled in 1840 on the 400<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the invention of print. In 1890, it was replaced by a wrought iron gazebo, and a bronze statue of Johannes Gutenberg was unveiled five years later. The project\u2019s author was Ernst Paul and it was founded by the printer and publisher A. Kafemann. The statue was lost in 1945 and reconstructed in 1998, on the 500<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of print in Gda\u0144sk. The replica was designed by Stanis\u0142aw Radwa\u0144ski on the basis of a photograph. However, made of resin with a touch of bronze, it attracted thieves and the monument was systematically being chipped. It was ultimately set on fire by vandals in 2003, but the second version was unveiled already the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The realistic figure in historical dress with Gutenberg\u2019s attribute \u2013 a book in hand \u2013 was cast in synthetic resin that resembles bronze. It is placed on a granite plinth, in a stylized gazebo made of wrought iron and covered with a tin roof. The plinth features a carved cameo inscription reading \u201cGutenberg\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place:<\/strong> The statue is located on Gutenberg Avenue in the Ja\u015bkowa Dolina Park. Less than a kilometre away is the Forest Theatre, an open-air cultural venue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information about the author:<\/strong> Stanis\u0142aw Radwa\u0144ski (b. 1941) is a sculptor, painter and pedagogue, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gda\u0144sk. He studied at the State High School of Visual Arts in Gda\u0144sk at the Faculty of Sculpture. He graduated in 1968 from the studio of Prof. Stanis\u0142aw Horno-Pop\u0142awski. He is the author of statues, sacral and open-air sculptures and medals. Radwa\u0144ski won a number of sculpture competitions and awards in the field of culture, art and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition of the object: <\/strong>partially destroyed \u2013 plinth covered with graffiti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner\/guardian:<\/strong> Gda\u0144sk Road and Greenery Authority<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author of the entry:<\/strong> Michalina Domo\u0144<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technique: sculpture Dimensions: 98 cm \u00d7 85 cm \u00d7 85 cm (plinth), max. 220 cm \u00d7 105 cm \u00d7 75 cm (figure), 7.5 m (height of the gazebo) Object: The monument placed in a steel gazebo commemorates Johannes Gutenberg, a German craftsman generally regarded as the inventor of print. Although he was not the actual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":114,"template":"","object_cats":[37],"districts":[48],"object_authors":[146],"class_list":["post-4165","object","type-object","status-publish","hentry","object_cat-monument","obj_district-wrzeszcz-en","object_author-michalina-domon-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/objects\/4165","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=4165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"object_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_cats?post=4165"},{"taxonomy":"obj_district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=4165"},{"taxonomy":"object_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaps.gda.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/object_authors?post=4165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}