(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2007) De Carlo, Andrea F.
In 1858 J. I. Kraszewski accomplished a trip around Italy, a country defined by Goethe as
the artists' Arcadia. His trip was described in his travel diary Kartki z podróży 1858-1864
(Travel pages 1858-1864). Kraszewski's aims as an artist and art critic were to deepen his
theoretical knowledge, to see the Antique Rome, since he was fascinated by archeology and
history, and visit Dante's city, because he had translated The Divine Comedy around 1864.