Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar Jónsson

The purpose of this article is to explore the ideological contexts of sculptural works by Northern modernists: Gustav Vigeland(1869–1943) from Norway, Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949) from Germany, and the Icelander Einar Jónsson (1874–1954). The original iconographies of the Vige...

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Main Author: Małgorzata Stępnik
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University 2017-12-01
Series:The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
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Online Access:https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/138653014/pja_47_8.pdf/3e718578-6f3a-41bc-b793-71540b571839
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to explore the ideological contexts of sculptural works by Northern modernists: Gustav Vigeland(1869–1943) from Norway, Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949) from Germany, and the Icelander Einar Jónsson (1874–1954). The original iconographies of the Vigelandsanlegget in Oslo, Hoetger’s Platanenhein in Darmstadt, as well as Jónsson’s oeuvrescollected in Reykjavik, will be interpreted in relation to wider discourses—i.e.Nietzschean influence, a particular taste for the esoteric (theosophy) and, last but not least, anoticeable aversion to classical form.
ISSN:2544-8242
2544-8242