![]() Sarmatism stressed the military prowess going back to the times when szlachta first emerged from the knight class and its religious values, both associated with the historical mission of the Polish people as a bastion of Catholic Christianity. ![]() Ī Sarmatist thought had praised the idyllic countryside-existence, and the liberal Golden Freedom of the nobility, which stood against the absolute power of the monarchy. ![]() Those Oriental influences stemmed from a large border shared by Poland with the Ottoman Empire, and the frequent skirmishes between the two countries. Sarmatism became highly influenced by the Baroque style and produced a unique mix of Oriental ( Ottoman) and Western (French, Italian) styles. The Polish Baroque was influenced by Sarmatism, the culture of the Polish nobility ( szlachta). Portrait of Jakub Narzymski by Szymon Czechowicz, 1738
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