The text attempts to show the forgotten beauty in architecture. It seems, that the “drawn” architecture can reveal more than the real — built one. The avant-garde of the early 20th century killed in art the need to strive for beauty. Novelty and contemporarily advertising form of architecture are becoming the most important. However, the problem of beauty seems to be still interesting in art. Architecture is slowly departing from the functionalist way of creating, yet it cannot return to the beauty, that once was so important. It is the drawn one, carrying the message of unreality, that makes it possible to return to the forgotten approach to creation. Architects’ drawings can bring back a visionary and idealistic message.

This article examines the representations of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, his collaborators and political allies in two satirical magazines published in Wielkopolska in the interwar period. While the liberal Pręgierz Poznański [The Poznań Pillory] (1928–1929) took a moderately critical view of Piłsudski, the nationalist Pokrzywy [Nettles], which appeared in the 1930s nineteen thirties, brimmed with vitriol against the whole Piłsudski establishment (collectively dubbed 'The Sanation').

Rola ilustracji w badaniach nad historią naturalną znacznie się zmieniała nie tylko ze względu na sposób przedstawienia obiektów czy technikę, lecz także samo zainteresowanie określonymi jej aspektami.

Artykuł zawiera charakterystykę i zestawienie statystyczne materiału ilustracyjnego autorstwa F. Topolskiego, H. Gotliba, R. Sallona zamieszczonego w polskim, anglojęzycznym dwutygodniku politycznym „Free Europe” redagowanym przez Kazimierza Smogorzewskiego i wydawanym w Londynie w latach 1939–1945.