About the exhibition
The art-historical and archaeological project of the CRC 1391 examines the ‘different’ aesthetics of ancient architecture and early modern art north of the Alps, analysing the inherent logic of concept and design in the context of the social practice of the respective periods. The two areas of inquiry find their material intersection in early modern prints that visualise Roman antiquities north of the Alps. The aim of the exhibition is to systematically examine these prints for the first time, as they have received relatively little attention to date, and to specifically explore their often complex aesthetic strategies. The selected prints manifest no less than the historical interrelationship between cultural identity and art production, which is explored in four categories: cartography, studies of antiquity, transformations, creative appropriation. The conceptual allocation of the exhibits reflects the different visualisation strategies of antiquity and the differentiated forms of their visual representation and reception.
Exhibition concept:
Laura Di Carlo, Johannes Lipps, Anna Pawlak, Daniel R. F. Richter
The online exhibition is, with kind permission, based on the design of the exhibition Personifications. Concepts, ideas and their medieval embodiments, which was developed by Julia Fischer and Katharina Bauer in collaboration with Negative.
Contributors:
- Mirijam Babel
- Charlotte Baumann
- Jan Papenberg
- Rebecca Rapp
- Elena Schlenker
Text contributors:
- Charlotte Baumann
- Jonas Brachmann
- Laura Di Carlo
- Manuel Flecker
- Johannes Lipps
- Jan Papenberg
- Anna Pawlak
- Daniel R. F. Richter
Special thanks to the lending institutions: Altea Gallery London, Bavarian State Library, German Historical Museum, Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen, Oldenburg State Library, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège/La Boverie, Berlin State Library, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Université de Liège, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, Heidelberg University Library, University of Tübingen, The National Gallery of Sweden, Württemberg State Library.
Exhibition sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG).