Faith, love, hope (smoke)
Faith, Love, Hope is a group of three figures made of white Carrara marble by the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch in the Evangelical Church of his native Arolsen .
history
In 1821 the Protestant parish in Arolsen asked Christian Daniel Rauch to donate a sculpture that artistically depicts the belief in donating to the city church designed by Julius Ludwig Rothweil . In 1831 the request was renewed and Christian Daniel Rauch resorted to the already executed statue of the orphan Camillo from the Francke monument in Halle . Rauch worked a pleading bowl into his hands. This sculptural gesture is based on the representation of ancient Roman statues . They represent young men and boys from noble Roman families worshiping the gods. The left statue of the Trias represents love. Then the statue of the boy with the Bible , which symbolizes "faith", was added and represented this in a duo of the figure of " Love ”towards. During a visit by Rauch in Arolsen, the installation of the first two sculptures that he donated to the parish in 1844 was discussed.
In 1845 Rauch designed the third figure of "Hope", which was completed in 1852 in the (then unfinished) Evangelical Church in Arolsen, completing the Triassic . The group of figures was made accessible to the public at the Christmas service in 1852. Originally, the figures were arranged by Rauch himself next to the altar , but after the church renovation in 1957/58 they were moved to a north wall niche at the end of the south side entrance.
Theological background
The triad refers theologically to the biblical quotation from 1 Corinthians 13 (1 Corinthians 13:13) : But now there remains faith, love, hope (see Theological Virtues ). In Bad Arolsen, Rauch's love is on the left, faith on the right and hope in the middle as the largest sculpture with outstretched arms and wings.
interpretation
The dean i. R. Heinz Gerlach interprets the group of figures as follows: “Faith” reads the Bible and has tilted his head down. It shows what it is based on. “Love” carries the flame in a bowl in front of it, its gaze is directed forward to the viewer, as if it wanted to offer to kindle his heart as well. The "hope" is raised right up, it is shown as the largest figure with arms stretched up and in a receiving, opening posture. "Faith" leans towards the foundation of his belief, the Bible . “Love” looks at the viewer and seeks reciprocal love in the present. “Hope” turns to the heights, reaches out for what is to come.
Literary mention
The writer Christine Brückner and her husband, the artist Otto Heinrich Kühner , who often visited the Evangelical Church in Arolsen, wrote in their acceptance speech in 1990 on the occasion of the award of the Christian Daniel Rauch Medal .
“And when we have time we go to the town church. Faith, love, hope! Then the visitors say in amazement: So small? And why is love not the greatest among them? I point out the size of the city, everything has to fit together. "
See also
literature
- Anniversary publication for the 200th birthday of the sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch. Edited by Helmut Weber and Günter Jedicke on behalf of the city of Arolsen and the Waldeckisches Historisches Verein. Arolsen 1977, p.
- Friedhelm Häring, Hans J. Klein (ed.): DuMont art travel guide Hessen . DuMont Buchverlag Cologne 1979, p. 75.
- Brigit Krümmel, Rolf Wagner: Arolsen . Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1993, ISBN 3-86134-121-2 , p.
Individual evidence
- ^ Elmar Schulten: Works of art and food for thought from Dean i. R. Heinz Gerlach: Arolser church service is about digital offerings as a substitute religion. Waldeckische Landeszeitung , online portal, July 16, 2019. Accessed July 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Dean Heinz Gerlach: Faith - Love - Hope. Contemplation of the marble figures by Christian Daniel Rauch in the town church of Arolsen . Double-page information sheet, undated (before 2019), is available for reading in the Arolsen Church; Source: Original, accessed July 25, 2019