TY - JOUR N2 - The article discusses the complex issues related to 19th-century reproductive prints. Its starting point is the oeuvre of Feliks Stanisław Jasiński, a Polish engraver who was mainly active in France. He specialized in reproductive prints of works of art, and is a relatively well- -known and researched figure in the history of Polish graphic arts. Outlining the context for his activities also becomes a contribution to reflections on the place of reproductive prints in 19th century artistic culture, as well as an attempt to define a framework for considering this type of graphic production. In citing various examples of modern reproductive graphics, its diversity is proven. Theses on the primacy of the criterion of “fidelity” and technological determination in the history of reproduction are rejected. Instead, the complex links between this field and various aspects of artistic culture are pointed out. Particular emphasis is placed on the links between the functions, form and production methods of such prints. Chief consideration is given to the type of reproductive graphics made by using traditional metal techniques, which apart from their informative functions, also performed important artistic functions, as evidenced by the described phenomena occurring within this field in the second half of the 19th century, and the accompanying written tradition, formed since the 18th century. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/119634/2020-01-RHS-04-Ubysz-Piasecka.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/119634 PY - 2020 EP - 58 DO - 10.24425/rhs.2020.136892 KW - 19th Century Polish graphic arts KW - reproductive prints KW - reproductive graphics KW - 19th Century artistic culture KW - 19th century artistic taste KW - Renaissance art KW - art reproductions KW - art history as a discipline A1 - Ubysz-Piasecka, Katarzyna PB - Komitet Nauk o Sztuce PAN VL - No XLV DA - 2021.04.16 T1 - The work of Feliks Stanisław Jasiński (1862–1901) and the question of graphic reproductions of works of art SP - 41 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/119634 T2 - Rocznik Historii Sztuki ER -