TY - JOUR N2 - In this interpretation of Juliusz Słowacki's ‘Snycerz był zatrudniony Dyjanny lepieniem…’ [The carver was busy shaping Diana's statue] the discussion focuses on his attitude to matter, especially as the material of art. The article argues that Słowacki elevates and even sacralises mud, the most lowly of raw materials, and thus exposes the falseness of the popular view that he despises matter, the base opposite of the spirit. However, it would be more accurate to say that in his vision, which is part of his Genesis from the Spirit philosophy, the path to salvation leads through the reconciliation of spirit and matter rather than a triumph of one over the other. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/122909/PDF-MASTER/2021-06-RL-02-Kosinska.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/122909 PY - 2021 IS - No 6 (369) EP - 801 DO - 10.24425/rl.2021.138755 KW - Polish literature of the 19th century KW - Romanticism KW - philosophy of art KW - spirit and matter KW - Genesis from the Spirit KW - Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849) A1 - Rzepniewska-Kosińska, Anna PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Historycznoliteracka PB - Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Polonistyki DA - 2022.04.19 T1 - The sacred and mud: Sacralization of matter in Juliusz Słowacki's poem ‘The carver was busy shaping Diana's statue’ SP - 787 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/122909 T2 - Ruch Literacki ER -