Double statue
A double statue , also known as a double statue , is a special form of the statue and the group of figures that unite two (often equal) figures, usually on a common plinth or pedestal . This form of representation has been known since ancient times (cf. tetrarchs ). It has enjoyed greater popularity since classicism.
Examples
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Group of princesses, plaster model (1795) in the Friedrichswerder Church in Berlin
Antiquity
- 2nd century: Ildefonso group from Hadrian times , was the model for later double statues
18th century
- 1767: The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) by Joseph Nollekens , Victoria and Albert Museum in London - see right
- 1795/1797: The Two Princesses of Johann Gottfried Schadow in Berlin - see right
19th century
- 1857: Goethe-Schiller monument in Weimar by Ernst Rietschel - see right
- 1899: Gauß Weber monument in Göttingen by Ferdinand Hartzer
- 1883: Reformation monument in Leipzig by Johannes Schilling (not preserved)
- 1889: Hutten-Sickingen monument below Ebernburg Castle , executed by the sculptors Robert and Ludwig Cauer based on plans by their father Karl
- 1891: War memorial 1870/71 in Angermünde with Kaiser Wilhelm I and Friedrich III. by Albert Manthe
- 1892: Monument in the Plaza de Isabel la Católica in Granada : Columbus submits his plans to Queen Isabella I of Castile
- 1896: Double statue in Duisburg OT Ruhrort of Emperor Wilhelm I and Reich Chancellor von Bismarck , in front of the Schifferbörse, by Gustav Eberlein (melted down in World War II)
- 1896: Brothers Grimm National Monument in Hanau
Brothers Grimm National Monument
in HanauMonument in the Plaza de Isabel la Católica in
Granada
20th century
- 1900: Double statue for the Brandenburg Margraves Johann I and Otto III, who ruled together . in monument group 5 on Siegesallee in Berlin by Max Baumbach
- 1900: Double statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Friedrich III. by Heinrich Wefing in Sorau (Niederlausitz) on the promenade at Wilhelmplatz (overthrown by French prisoners of war in 1945 and later eliminated)
- 1904: Double statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Friedrich III. by Johannes Pfuhl in the Upper Lusatian Hall of Fame in Görlitz , today Zgorzelec (destroyed in 1945 by the Polish authorities)
- 1909: Double statue of Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse and soldier ( Dreyse monument Sömmerda combined with a war memorial) in Sömmerda by Wilhelm Wandschneider (demolished in 1948, Dreyse's head fragment and base preserved)
- 1913: Double statue of Mephisto and Faust in the Mädlerpassage at the entrance to Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig by Mathieu Molitor
- 1939: Double statue "War and Peace" in Bleicherode by Gerhard Marcks , a memorial on the site of the former mining inspection for the fallen of the First World War and for the victims of labor
- 1986: Marx-Engels-Monument at the Marx-Engels-Forum in Berlin
Marx-Engels-Forum , Berlin
literature
- Ursula Zehm: The history of the double statue in German-speaking countries up to the 1st World War. With descriptive catalog , publishing house and database for the humanities (VDG), Weimar 1995, ISBN 3-929742-51-9 .
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- ↑ Arie Hartog: Teamwork against the spirit of the time. Some remarks on the memorial by Gerhard Marcks in Bleicherode ( online with photos ( memento of the original from January 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ The miners' association "Glückauf" and the double statue of Bleicherode ( online with photo )