Pygmalion in Bavaria : the sculptor Ignaz Günther and eighteenth-century aesthetic art theory / Christiane Hertel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hertel, Christiane, 1958-

Contributor:

Günther, Ignaz, 1725-1775.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Günther, Ignaz, 1725-1775--Criticism and interpretation.

Günther, Ignaz.

Günther, Ignaz, 1725-1775.

Sculpture, Rococo--Germany--Bavaria.

Sculpture, Rococo.

Sculpture--Philosophy.

Sculpture.

Counter-Reformation in art.

Criticism and interpretation.

Germany--Bavaria.

Physical Description:

xviii, 270 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Sculptor Ignaz Günther and eighteenth-century aesthetic art theory

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]

Summary:

"Examines the work of eighteenth-century sculptor Ignaz Günther within the context of Bavarian Rococo art and Counter-Reformation religious visual culture"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Ignaz Günther (1725-1775)

Pygmalion in Bavaria

Sculpture and religious culture in Counter-Reformation Bavaria

Unruly art : Günther's angels and their behavior in church

Günther's Kerkerheiland and rebellious humility

Günther in Weyarn and the liberties of procession sculpture

"Broken unity" : Günther's self-reflective viewers

Pygmalion intention, Pygmalion reverie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271037370

0271037377

OCLC:

659413134