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Katarzyna Płonka-Bałus is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Gdańsk's Faculty of History, affiliated with the Institute of Art History (Division of Medieval Art). She concurrently serves as a Curator at the National Museum in Kraków, specializing in medieval illuminated manuscripts from the Czartoryski Library collection. Her academic background includes an art history degree from Jagiellonian University, where she developed her focus on medieval European artistic culture.
Her research explores:
- Gothic painting/sculpture dynamics
- Manuscript illumination techniques
- Early Netherlandish panel and book painting (15th century)
- Transmission of artistic motifs across medieval Europe
- Workshop practices of Ghent-Bruges illuminators
No scientific awards are documented in available sources. Her pedagogical approach emphasizes contextual analysis of artworks through historical, cultural, and technical lenses while fostering methodological reflection. At the National Museum, she conducts scholarly collection research and exhibition curation alongside academic duties.
