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

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
Subjects:
early nordic modernism
sculpture parks
Online Access:https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/138653014/pja_47_8.pdf/3e718578-6f3a-41bc-b793-71540b571839
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spelling doaj-00c946a1c617472dbd09f3371ca098c52021-01-16T19:51:05ZdeuInstitute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian UniversityThe Polish Journal of Aesthetics2544-82422544-82422017-12-01474/201714316910.19205/47.17.8Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar JónssonMałgorzata Stępnik0Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in LublinThe 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.https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/138653014/pja_47_8.pdf/3e718578-6f3a-41bc-b793-71540b571839early nordic modernismsculpture parks
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Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar Jónsson
The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
early nordic modernism
sculpture parks
author_facet Małgorzata Stępnik
author_sort Małgorzata Stępnik
title Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar Jónsson
title_short Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar Jónsson
title_full Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar Jónsson
title_fullStr Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar Jónsson
title_full_unstemmed Modernist Sculpture Parks and Their Ideological Contexts—On the Basis of the Oeuvres by Gustav Vigeland, Bernhard Hoetger and Einar Jónsson
title_sort modernist sculpture parks and their ideological contexts—on the basis of the oeuvres by gustav vigeland, bernhard hoetger and einar jónsson
publisher Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University
series The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
issn 2544-8242
2544-8242
publishDate 2017-12-01
description 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.
topic early nordic modernism
sculpture parks
url https://pjaesthetics.uj.edu.pl/documents/138618288/138653014/pja_47_8.pdf/3e718578-6f3a-41bc-b793-71540b571839
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