In the studio, the clay models that are preliminary to porcelain sculpture were produced. Direct observation of live animals and birds in the royal menageries and the study of stuffed specimens in the natural history collection imbued Kaendler's figures and groups with a naturalism and spontaneity missing from the more conventional Kirchner models. Although Kirchner also traveled to observe the king's live menagerie in 1732, he remained loyal to a more monumental vision rooted in classical tradition and two-dimensional models, designing from prints and drawings. These haunting landscapes join the Getty's own German Romantic masterpiece by Caspar David Friedrich, A Walk at Dusk , and will be on view in the West Pavilion through January 2002. No parking reservations needed on Saturdays and Sundays or after 4 p.m. on weekdays.
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