The Peace of Westphalia and nineteenth century German history painting
2019; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/23801883.2019.1586781
ISSN2380-1891
Autores Tópico(s)European Political History Analysis
ResumoThe apparent dearth of official celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in Germany in the ‘revolutionary year’ of 1848, as well as of depictions of the Peace of 1648 by German history painters of that time, raises a variety of questions. Much has already been written on the political caricatures of 1848. This paper investigates links between the religious and the political spheres in paintings completed in or around 1848 in Germany that demonstrate interest in the history of the Thirty Years’ War or in its confessional and political legacies. These paintings include history paintings of the Thirty Years’ War by – amongst others – the artists Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880) and Eduard Geselschap (1814–1878). Comparisons are also made with earlier history paintings and with other paintings worked upon in 1848 by J.P. Hasenclever (1810–1853) and the then Director of the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, Wilhelm von Schadow (1788–1862), as well as with one later ‘pro-Prussian’ depiction of the 1648 Peace for Münster by Fritz Grotemeyer (1864–1947).
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