wocomoCULTURE | Italia und Germania, allegorical painting by Friedrich Overbeck | Artworks Explained @wocomoCULTURE | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Following the pictorial style of the Nazarenes, it shows two women leaning towards each other, symbolising the friendship between the two countries or cultures they represent: Italy and Germania.
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The place of the meeting depicted here is difficult to make out. The masonry, however, points to a ruin. The missing brick and the overgrown bush support this assumption; furthermore, the edge of a stone bench in the left edge of the picture is broken off. Johann Friedrich Overbeck, born in 1789 in the year of the revolution as the son of the mayor of Lübeck, completed this painting in Rome in 1828.
Johann Friedrich Overbeck (* 3 July 1789 in Lübeck; † 12 November 1869 in Rome) was a German painter, draughtsman and illustrator. He is considered the protagonist of Nazarene art, which was founded in Vienna and Rome at the beginning of the 19th century. The aim of the Nazarenes was the renewal of art in the spirit of Christianity, using old Italian and German masters as models. They influenced the art of the entire Romantic period.
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Following the pictorial style of the Nazarenes, it shows two women leaning towards each other, symbolising the friendship between the two countries or cultures they represent: Italy and Germania.
➡️ Discover more masterworks: bit.ly/Masterworks-Explained
The place of the meeting depicted here is difficult to make out. The masonry, however, points to a ruin. The missing brick and the overgrown bush support this assumption; furthermore, the edge of a stone bench in the left edge of the picture is broken off. Johann Friedrich Overbeck, born in 1789 in the year of the revolution as the son of the mayor of Lübeck, completed this painting in Rome in 1828.
Johann Friedrich Overbeck (* 3 July 1789 in Lübeck; † 12 November 1869 in Rome) was a German painter, draughtsman and illustrator. He is considered the protagonist of Nazarene art, which was founded in Vienna and Rome at the beginning of the 19th century. The aim of the Nazarenes was the renewal of art in the spirit of Christianity, using old Italian and German masters as models. They influenced the art of the entire Romantic period.
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The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute program focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved.
© Licensed by Arthaus Musik
