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Johannes Wiedewelt - A Danish Artist in Search of the Past, Shaping the Future (Paperback)
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Johannes Wiedewelt - A Danish Artist in Search of the Past, Shaping the Future (Paperback)
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In the latter half of the 18th century, Johannes Wiedewelt
(1731-1802) played a pivotal role in introducing an early form of
Neoclassicism into Danish sculpture by creating a large number of
monuments for many different purposes. In the 1750s, he studied in
Paris and Rome, where he became part of an international network of
pioneering artists and scholars, including J.J. Winckelmann. In
Denmark, Wiedewelt endeavored to translate the ancient idiom in
statuary and monuments into an 'eternal' national monument style.
This volume reassesses Wiedewelt's role in the service of art, art
theory, academic education, design, etc. Special emphasis is placed
on his studies of Classical Antiquity and Danish prehistoric and
medieval monuments, which makes him particularly interesting for
the history of archaeology. This is the first book-length study of
Johannes Wiedewelt in English.
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