Piotr Paweł Krasny (born 29 June 1966) is an art historian, professor at the Jagiellonian University.
Biography In 1990 he graduated in art history from the Jagiellonian University. In 1994 he obtained doctorate upon dissertation Bernard Maretyn i problem rokoka w architekturze polskiej supervised by Jan Ostrowski. In 2004 he obtained habilitation.
His interests include the history of modern art in Poland and Central Europe, art theory from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and the protection of cultural heritage. He authored more than a hundred papers on art history. From 2008 to 2012, he served as director of the Institute of Art History at the Jagiellonian University. He also served as a member and chairman of the Council of the National Museum in Kraków. He became a member of the Art History Commission of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. He supervised six doctoral dissertations.
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Accolades For his scholarly work, he has been awarded with the Prime Minister's Award for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation (1995), the Minister of National Education Award (2004), and the Plus Ratio Quam Vis Medal of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University (2022). In May 2004 he received Kraków Book of the Month Award for the book Architektura cerkiewna na ziemiach ruskich Rzeczypospolitej 1594–1914.
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