Danish Golden Age
€61
Keyword: 19th century, painting, Danish art Artists included: Christen Købke, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Christen Købke, Martinus Rørbye, Constantin Hansen, Peter Christian Skovgaard, Frederik Sødring, Johan Thomas Lundbye and Wilhelm Marstrand.
Size: 230 x 330 mm Pages: 341 Format: hardcover Language: English Illustration: in colour Editor: Cecilie Høgsbro Østergaard Publisher: Nationalmuseum Pub Year: 2019 Weight: 2186 gr ISBN: 9789171008923Exhibition: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; Petit Palais, Paris 2019-20
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Article no.: 9789171008923
From war, fire and national bankruptcy one of the most beloved periods in Danish art arose.
The exhibition catalogue The Danish Golden Age comprises the very best of Danish painting from 1800 to 1864 and constitutes the largest presentation yet seen of Danish Golden Age visual art.
During the 19th century, art that combined equal parts magical and realistic imagery grew out of a society marked by great upheaval. In these works, a parallel universe emerged in which everyday misery was highlighted by its very absence. Drawing inspiration from their immediate surroundings, artists created irresistible images that invite the viewers to imagine themselves in another place, yet to find fascination in the virtually surreal attention to detail.
Mundane scenes depicted with an incisive and realistic attention to detail are typical of the period. The images give today's viewer a sense of proximity to the people, society and nature of a bygone age.
The Danish Golden Age, flourishing amidst political, military and economic disasters, can be confidently described as genuine world art.