Research Catalog

Title

German Romantic prints and drawings : from an English private collection / edited by Giulia Bartrum.

Publication

London : Contemporary Editions : in association with the British Museum Press, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bartrum, Giulia.
• British Museum.

Description

318 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

"This book covers the dominant themes of German Romanticism, a vibrant period of early ninteenth-century German art. It shows prints and drawings from a formative period of history, when French revolutionary forces swept across Europe and Napoleon forced the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation in 1806. During this period of economic ruin, artists sought to establish a new market and a new cultural identity. The establishment of art unions in all major German towns changed the nature of of patronage by transferring many commissions away from royal and private hands into the control of an expanding bourgeoisie. A group of young artists who met each other at the Vienna Academy sought to establish a revival of the values and techniques of medieval and Renaissance art. In 1809, they formed an artistic fraternity, the Brotherhood of St Luke, and moved to Rome, where they became known as the Nazarenes after their style of dress, based on that of Jesus of Nazareth. Other artists turned for inspiration to northern mythology and folk tales, and there was a surge of interest in Germanic landscape. The period is characterized by strikingly beautiful prints, such as the etchings by the philologist Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, who made idiosyncratic scenes of over-sized plant life and idyllic views of lovers in verdant woodland glades. The new technique of lithography introduced an array of delicate tonal values to printmaking, seen especially in the work of Ferdinand Olivier. Other artists discussed here are Wilhelm Tischbein, best known for his close albeit brief friendship with Goethe, and Philipp Otto Runge whose symbolic Times of Day sum up much of the ideology of German Romanticism. All works in the catalogue come from the collection of Charles Booth-Clibborn, founder of Paragon Press"--Jacket.

Subject

• 1700-1899
• Prints, German > Exhibitions
• Drawing, German > Exhibitions
• Romanticism in art > Exhibitions
• Romanticism in art > History > 18th century
• Romanticism in art > History > 19th century
• Drawing, German
• Prints, German
• Romanticism in art

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.

Note

• "Published to accompany the exhibition Landscape, heroes and folktales: German Romantic prints and drawings at the British Museum, 29 September 2011-1 April 2012"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-313) and index.

Contents

German Romanticism in prints and drawings / William Vaughan -- Philipp Otto Runge: 'Everything tends towards landscape ... ' -- The reinvention of the past: testaments of friendship and of faith / Frances Carey -- History, myths and folk talks: a new approach for a new public -- Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829) / Hermann Mildenberger -- "Trees have turned me innto an artist': The graphic work of Carl Wilhelm Kolbe (1759-1835) -- An artistic confession: Ferdinand Olivier's landscape views of Salzburg / Ute Kuhlemann -- Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872): an introduction to his life and work / Hinrich Sieveking.

Call Number

MDBF+ 18-2571

ISBN

• 9780714126814
• 0714126810
• 9780714126821
• 0714126829

OCLC

751795900

Title

German Romantic prints and drawings : from an English private collection / edited by Giulia Bartrum.

Imprint

London : Contemporary Editions : in association with the British Museum Press, 2011.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-313) and index.

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Chronological Term

1700-1899

Added Author

Bartrum, Giulia.

British Museum.

Research Call Number

MDBF+ 18-2571