Erlangen Collection of Antiquities

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The Antikensammlung of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), or Antikensammlung Erlangen for short , is a collection of plaster casts of antique plastic and antique original pieces affiliated to the Institute for Classical Archeology at FAU . The curator of the collection is currently (as of 2015) Martin Boss .

history

The history of the Erlangen collection of antiquities and plaster casts goes back to 1855, when Carl Friederichs first began to buy casts of antique plastic for teaching purposes. The casts were intended to illustrate ancient works of art. On December 9, 1857, the "Archaeological Museum of the Royal Bavarian Friedrich Alexander University" was handed over to the university with initially only 15 pieces. Due to the lack of a chair for Classical Archeology, the collection was initially subordinate to the Institute for Philosophy, then represented by Carl Heyder .

In 1887 - the year in which the Erlangen University also got its own "Archaeological Seminar" - acquired those responsible and a box of broken pieces from the estate of Louis I. These shards that were inventoried until 1947, should be the core of the later original collection form.

At the beginning of May 1889, the collection, which until then had been housed in Erlangen Castle, was relocated to the university's Kollegienhaus. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Erlangen archaeologist Heinrich Bulle experimented with some of the plaster casts, which he had given a colored version , for example , in order to leave a more realistic and realistic impression on the viewer. With him, from 1903 on, the overall collection activity also shifted, since from this point in time original objects of antique ceramics and cabaret were systematically purchased.

When the Munich scholar Paul Arndt died in 1937, he bequeathed his private photo archive to the Antikensammlung, which is still in the Erlangen Collection to this day. It includes around 28,000 photographs of ancient sculptures, portraits and buildings. The first full-time curator of the collection was - from 1947 - Wilhelm Grünhagen . He also wrote the first catalog of the collection: "Antique original works from the institute's art collection (1948)".

During the two world wars, the premises of the collection were used as a hospital. Some plaster casts were damaged on the occasion; However, there were no major losses in the collection. In 1957, under the then head of the institute, Wolfgang Züchner , the Erlangen Collection of Antiquities was relocated again, this time in the basement of the seminar building of the Philosophical Faculty in Kochstrasse. The collection is still there today.

Duration

The Erlangen Collection of Antiquities is divided into the areas of the plaster cast collection, the collection of antique original works and the photo archive.

The plaster casts, the purchase of which began as early as 1855, include copies of famous ancient statues such as Apollo of Belvedere , Venus of Esquiline or the Praying Boy of Teisikrates . More plaster casts of ancient sculptures, such as the Zeus of Otricoli , the Juno Ludovisi and numerous portraits of ancient scholars such as Plato or Aristotle add the stock, as well as an extensive gallery of casts of the portraits of Roman emperors and statesmen of Julius Caesar on Trajan up to Septimius Severus .

The original collection consists primarily of pieces of antique ceramics. A black-figure Attic bowl from the sixth century BC acquired in 1905 is particularly prominent. Chr., The painting of which evoked the designation of an own painter in science: It is the so-called Erlanger painter . Ludwig Curtius also purchased a bronze tripod stand in 1911, which became known as the "Erlanger tripod".

Special exhibitions and projects

In addition to the year-round permanent exhibitions of plaster casts and ancient original pieces, the Institute for Classical Archeology at Friedrich-Alexander University also organizes special exhibitions on specific topics - for example, the depiction of satyrs in antiquity or the portraits of Roman empresses.

In 2007 two models of the Roman Forum were completed, which have since been shown in special exhibitions at various other locations in Germany, such as in Berlin, Kassel and in the Glyptothek in Munich. Since then, science-oriented model building has been carried out as an ongoing project with students.

literature

  • Martin Boss : The antique collection of the Friedrich-Alexander-University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-930035-00-6 , pp. 597-604.
  • Wilhelm Grünhagen : Antique original works from the institute's art collection. Nuremberg - Munich 1948.
  • Martin Boss: Erlangen Collection of Antiquities. Selection catalog. Palm and Enke, Jena 2002, ISBN 3-7896-0655-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-930035-00-6 , p. 597.
  2. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 597.
  3. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 598
  4. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 600.
  5. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 597.
  6. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 598.
  7. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 598.
  8. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 602.
  9. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 601.
  10. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the Stadtmuseum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, pp. 598-599.
  11. ↑ Martin Boss: The collection of antiquities of the Friedrich-Alexander University. In: Christian Friederich, The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg 1743-1993. History of a German university. Publications of the City Museum Erlangen No. 43, Nuremberg 1993, p. 603.
  12. ↑ See, for example, the link to the institute's special exhibitions on the Antikensammlung's homepage: Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aeria.phil.uni-erlangen.de
  13. ↑ Bernhard Steinmann, Robert Nawracala, Martin Boss (ed.): In the center of power. The Roman Forum in a model. Exhibition catalog Erlangen, Erlangen 2011.
  14. ↑ http://www.klassischearchaeologie.phil.uni-erlangen.de/projekte/forum_berlin.html
  15. ↑ See National Geographic , May 2014, p. 25
  16. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de

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