Format:
227 Seiten
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27 cm
ISBN:
9781588397331
Content:
"Denmark in the nineteenth century experienced the disastrous fallout of the Napoleonic Wars, the devastating bombardment of Copenhagen, bankruptcy, and mounting antagonism with Germany. Yet, this sociopolitical and economic tumult also gave rise to a vibrant cultural and philosophical environment for nineteenth-century Danish artists. Beyond the Light places the drawings, oil sketches, and paintings created by these artists firmly in this period, one that witnessed the transformation of a once-powerful Denmark into a small, somewhat marginalized country at the edge of Europe. Danish artists forged a close-knit community during this time, and the artworks they created explore notions of place, identity and belonging, and what it means to travel and return home. The exhibition features approximately 100 works from The Met collection, SMK - The National Gallery of Denmark, and several American collections, and highlights such artists as Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, and Vilhelm Hammershøi as well as lesser-known figures like Anton Melbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Peter Christian Skovgaard, and Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, among others. Five thematic essays by leading scholars in Denmark and the United States explore the way Danish artists manifested the pride, traditions, and anxieties of their nation; the sea's ever-changing role as a marker of Danish identity; the evolving nature of portraiture; nostalgia for the Danish landscape and folk traditions; and the influence on Danish artists of their travels throughout Europe." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website (viewed November 30, 2022)
Note:
Seite [228]: This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art", on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from January 26 through April 16, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, from May 23 through August 20, 2023
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Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from January 26-April 16, 2023, and at J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, from May 23-August 20, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-217) and index
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Denmark and the sea : defining the boundaries of a nation /
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Between order and feeling : drawing in nineteenth-century Danish art /
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Looking out/gazing in : portraits of nineteenth-century Danish artists /
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When trees and stones speak : nature and sensitivity in nineteenth-century Danish art /
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Snapshots : nineteenth-century Danish artists and travel /
Language:
English
Keywords:
Dänemark
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Kunst
;
Landschaft
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Ausstellungskatalog
;
Ausstellungskatalog
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Bildband
Author information:
Hedin, Gry
Author information:
Lederballe, Thomas
