Kopernik w polskiej rzeźbie współczesnej

Nicolaus Copernicus was and is the culmination willingly figure in sculpture, both in the last two centuries, as well as today. Contributed to this celebration of anniversaries 400th and the 500th anniversary of the birth of the famous astronomer, as well as the patronage of the institutions, especially the schools. In addition to the monuments and sculptures of an intimate, they established an impressive number of medals and coins with the image of the scientist. Most of the works is the result of competitions. A large part of plaster models of monuments and large collection of medals is in the collections of the Museum of Nicolaus Copernicus in Frombork. The authors of the sculptures Copernicus were the most famous Polish artists: Xawery Dunikowski, Tadeusz Breyer, Francis Strynkiewicz, Louis Nitschowa, Alfons Karny, Ryszard Wojciechowski, Jerzy Bandura, Bronislaw Chromy, Leon Podsiadły, Tadeusz Lodziana, Mieczyslaw Welter, Ewa Olszewska-Borys. Nicolaus Copernicus figures adorn many cities in the world, some of them are works of these artists. Monuments commemorating Copernicus took on sometimes other forms, referring to the representations of the cosmos or schemes heliocentric system. A new phenomenon is to treat the monument as a source of relaxation (eg. A bench with Copernicus) or advertising, which leads to perdition sacred monument.