Attitude
Attitude (pronounced ˌatityːdə ; from French attitude , spoken atityd , attitude , behavior , conduct , attitude ) is called in art, posture , position, or situation of human figures, a posture or a gesture .
In the sense of the visual arts , the word is chosen for an allegory or a symbol of a meaningful state of mind or moment of life and is particularly important in sculpture and painting .
In ballet , all positions (poses) on one foot are called the French attitude , in which the raised leg is bent at the knee (→ Ballet Glossary ).
performing Arts
From the end of the 18th to the 19th century, the attitude was a form of artistic entertainment in the form of so-called " living images ". In contrast to that term, the term is mostly used for solo performances.
Lady Hamilton often modeled for paintings and transferred the art of posing to the stage. During her stay in Italy she applied this to the replication of antiquity and also held public pantomime presentations of ancient statues in Germany, France and England, which aroused general admiration.
She made artistic success so exclusively dependent on attitude that even the material of her costume was always the same: a long tunic simply tied together with a ribbon across the chest and a scarf thrown over it, with which she produced all the necessary clothing and folds.
This art invention was increased and expanded many times over by the German actress Henriette Hendel-Schütz , who was encouraged by Rehberg's drawings in Frankfurt to direct her talent for imitation on this lively sculpture. A skilful, beautifully built body, fine observation and artistic ingenuity were united in this actress according to the view expressed in contemporary documents.
Hendel-Schütz did not stop at reproductions of individual statues and paintings, she rather tried to showcase changing actions and different moments of passion in whole series of attitudes. She had an even greater talent for inventing poetic attitudes and depicting them in the appropriate style, so that she far surpassed her predecessor.
Elise Bürger was less fortunate in depictions of this kind; Sophie Schröder was praised, however .
In the years 1808–1812, Gustav Anton von Seckendorff , under the name Patrik Peale, made a name for himself as a mimic actor and declamator . He also gave lectures on declamation and facial expressions.
Keller and Rappo founded their own society in Berlin for the public performance of imitations of plastic art; thus they achieved great, if by no means purely artistic, success. At the end of the 19th century they found numerous imitators who made the whole genre a popular attraction with little artistic demand.
Pop Culture
The term attitude has been popularized by the anti- neo-Nazi song Cry for Love by the band Die Ärzte .
See also
literature
- Birgit Jooss : Living Pictures. Physical imitation of works of art in Goethe's time . Berlin 1999.
- Joseph N. Peroux (drawings), Nicolaus Vogt (text): Pantomimic positions by Henriette Hendel-Schütz . Publishing house Peroux-Ritter, Frankfurt am Main 1809.
- Johannes Falk: About the pantomime representations of Madame Hendel-Schütz . In: Urania, pocket book for women . Amsterdam 1812.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Scream for Love” in the Charts What does “Attitude” mean? #AktionArschloch and the consequences , by Meike Baars, Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung September 7, 2015.