About the Journal

HISTORY OF THE “BULLETIN OF ART HISTORY” 

The “Bulletin of Art History” quarterly, published since 1932, is the oldest national academic journal dedicated to art history. It was created at the instigation of Oskar Sosnowski as a periodical of the Department of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. At the time the Department and the Editorial team of the “Bulletin of Art History and Culture”, affiliated e.g. Witold Kieszkowski, Stanisław Lorentz, Juliusz Starzyński, Jerzy Szablowski, Michał Walicki, Jan Zachwatowicz, and Stanisław Herbst. Following WW II, it was the State Institute of Art (later: Institute of Art History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, IS PAN) that published the quarterly. Since 1950 the journal has been using the shortened name: “Bulletin of Art History”. A year later Stanisław Lorentz became its Editor-in-Chief, to hold the position for 30 years, until 1981. After his death, the function of the Editor-in-Chief was performed subsequently by: Stanisław Mossakowski (1982-88), Jerzy Kowalczyk (1988-96), and Piotr Paszkiewicz (1996-2002). Since 2002 Stanisław Mossakowski has continued as the journal’s Editor-in-Chief.

In 1982 a special fascicle was issued (nos. 1-4) containing the List of Journal’s Content 1932-81; a similar list spanning 1983-98 was published in 1999 (nos.1-2).

JOURNAL’S ACADEMIC PROFILE

Representing varied methodological approaches, the articles published in the “Bulletin of Art History” refer to the essential issues from the history of Polish and foreign art, spanning the period from the Middle Ages to today. The quarterly publishes reviews of important exhibitions and publications, speaks of academic conferences, and commemorates distinguished art historians.

The papers are published in Polish as well as in English.

According to the List of Scored Journals of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the publication in “Bulletin of Art History” earns 100 points. All the papers undergo a double-blind review process. They are available online at the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg and the journal platform of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences with the Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence.