TY - JOUR
T1 - Enlivening and - dividing
T2 - An Aporia of Illumination
AU - Hönes, Hans
N1 - Hönes, H. C. (2015). "Enlivening and - Dividing": An Aporia of Illumination. Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture, 4, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.5195/contemp.2015.73
PY - 2015/8/3
Y1 - 2015/8/3
N2 - In 1798, Karl August Böttiger paid a nocturnal visit to the Gallery of Antiques in Dresden, illuminating the statues with a torch. At first glance, this seems to be yet another example of a popular practice for visiting galleries c.1800. Illuminating the sculptures by torchlight was a popular means of enlivening the objects, set in motion by the light flickering on their surfaces. The collections were thus meant to become a place where cold, white stone comes to life, and where the beholder becomes part of a revived antiquity...
AB - In 1798, Karl August Böttiger paid a nocturnal visit to the Gallery of Antiques in Dresden, illuminating the statues with a torch. At first glance, this seems to be yet another example of a popular practice for visiting galleries c.1800. Illuminating the sculptures by torchlight was a popular means of enlivening the objects, set in motion by the light flickering on their surfaces. The collections were thus meant to become a place where cold, white stone comes to life, and where the beholder becomes part of a revived antiquity...
U2 - 10.5195/contemp.2015.73
DO - 10.5195/contemp.2015.73
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 1
EP - 23
JO - Contemporaneity
JF - Contemporaneity
ER -