Abstract
<jats:p>Publication titled The Living Heritage of Copernicus: Contemporary Artistic and Scientific Inspirations was created on the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus. It consists of nine articles containing significant findings of Toruń researchers – art historians and conservators working at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, and (as a separate part) a set of approximately forty artistic works made by academic teachers associated with the Faculty of Fine Arts, who – taking into account the wide spectrum of activities of Nicolaus Copernicus – undertook an artistic interpretation of his scientific achievements. The prepared publication is diverse, multi-threaded, and it combines a humanistic view with a technological approach and artistic sensitivity, whereas the direct inspiration for such a broad approach was the activity of the great resident of Toruń – Nicolaus Copernicus. This text refers to all articles included in this publication, but begins with a reminder of the material remains of previous anniversary celebrations, with particular emphasis on the celebrations of 1973, the most impressive material testimony of which is the campus of the Nicolaus Copernicus University. Joanna Kucharzewska, excerpt from the Introduction to the publication</jats:p>