Pygmalion in Bavaria
Subtitle: the sculptor Ignaz Günther and eighteenth-century aesthetic art theory
By: Christiane Hertel
Contributors: Günther, Ignaz, 1725-1775
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780271037370
Subjects: Rococo Sculpture; Criticism and interpretation; Philosophy; Sculpture; Counter-Reformation in art
Other titles: Sculptor Ignaz Günther and eighteenth-century aesthetic art theory
Description: "Examines the work of eighteenth-century sculptor Ignaz Günther within the context of Bavarian Rococo art and Counter-Reformation religious visual culture"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ignaz Günther (1725-1775); title: Pygmalion in Bavaria; title: Sculpture and religious culture in Counter-Reformation Bavaria; title: Unruly art : Günther's angels and their behavior in church; title: Günther's Kerkerheiland and rebellious humility; title: Günther in Weyarn and the liberties of procession sculpture; title: "Broken unity" : Günther's self-reflective viewers; title: Pygmalion intention, Pygmalion reverie.