Max von Boehn (cultural historian)

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Max Ulrich von Boehn (born February 5, 1860 in Potsdam , † May 17, 1932 in Berlin ) was a German writer. He mainly wrote works of cultural history, including the standard work on costume history, Die Mode .

origin

He comes from the Pomeranian noble family Boehn and there from the line Besow-Grumbkow . His parents were Lieutenant Colonel Hubert Oskar Friedrich von Boehn (born January 24, 1825) and his wife Susanne Jakobine Johanna von Arnim (born March 28, 1831 - † October 7, 1891).

life and work

He attended a Prussian cadet school from 1870 to 1878 . However, he renounced a military career and formed self-taught on study tours continued. He then lived in Munich and later in Berlin as a private scholar and freelance writer. The professional world only paid tribute to the autodidact after he had long since found a response from the audience.

At first, Boehn stylized his encounters with art into cultic approaches to ingenious masterpieces in monographic representations such as Spanish travel pictures (1904), Giorgione and Palma Vecchio (1908) and Lorenzo Bernini (1912), writes Volker Busch. In contrast, the “free-thinking aristocrat” with his subsequent cultural-historical works based on detailed source studies designed entertaining “multi-faceted moral images”. Boehn achieved the strongest effect that continues to this day with his fashion history, which appeared in eight volumes between 1907 and 1925. Naturally, Boehn's focus is almost exclusively on the ruling classes. However, he embeds his portrayal in the respective political and economic contexts, which leave little to be desired from a critical point of view, i.e. also do not spare Boehn's own class. His style is brief, apt, snappy and not without a sense of humor.

Boehn was by no means an anti-Semite , as is evident from a 1929 encyclopedia entry condemning him. He valued the Mendelssohns , Heine and Lasalle , among others . At the same time, Boehn's sympathies turned to National Socialism in the course of the 1920s . Walter Benjamin was one of Boehn's critics .

Works

  • Spanish travel pictures. Grote, Berlin 1904.
  • Albrecht Dürer as a book and art dealer. sn, Munich 1905 (50 copies printed as a manuscript).
  • The fashion. 8 volumes. Bruckmann, Munich 1907–1925 (numerous editions, partly foreign-language editions).
  • Giorgione and Palma Vecchio (= artist monographs. Vol. 94 lovers editions , ZDB -ID 1066095-1 ). Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld et al. 1908, digitized .
  • Guido Reni (= artist monographs. Vol. 100 enthusiast editions ). Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld et al. 1910 (2nd edition, ibid. 1925).
  • Toledo (= sites of culture. Vol. 24, ZDB -ID 520176-7 ). Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1910.
  • Biedermeier. Germany from 1815–1847. Cassirer, Berlin 1911.
  • Lorenzo Bernini. His time, his life, his work (= artist monographs. Vol. 105 enthusiast editions ). Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld et al. 1912 (2nd, revised edition, ibid 1927).
  • Miniatures and silhouettes. Capital from cultural history and art. Bruckmann, Munich 1917 (4th, increased edition. Ibid. 1925; in English as: Miniatures and Silhouettes. Translated by EK Walker, Dent et al., London 1928).
  • From empire to republic. A French Cultural History of the 19th Century. Hyperionverlag, Berlin 1917.
  • Clothing arts and fashion. Delphin-Verlag, Munich 1918, digitized .
  • Rococo. France in the XVIII. Century. Askanischer Verlag, Berlin 1919 (4th, expanded edition, ibid. 1921).
  • Carl Spitzweg (= artist monographs. Vol. 110). Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld et al. 1920.
  • England in the eighteenth century. Askanischer Verlag, Berlin 1920 (2nd, improved edition, ibid 1922).
  • The stage costume in ancient, medieval and modern times. Cassirer, Berlin 1921 (reprint: E & A Verlag, Rome 1995).
  • Germany in the 18th century. 2 volumes. Askanischer Verlag, Berlin 1921–1922.
  • Potsdam. Its sights and its surroundings. Feyl, Berlin 1924.
  • Spain. History, culture, art. Kindle, Berlin 1924
  • The Wartburg. Feyl, Berlin 1924.
  • The dance (= annual series for members of the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde 7, 2, ZDB -ID 1003715-9 ). Wegweiser-Verlag, Berlin 1925 (reprint: Salzwasser-Verlag, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-86444-725-9 ).
  • The empire. The time, the life, the style. Kindle, Berlin 1925.
  • Italy. A book of memory. Klemm, Berlin-Grunewald 1925.
  • Ancient fashion. (= Tusculum writings. Vol. 6, ZDB -ID 846930-1 ). Heimeran, Munich 1926.
  • Wallenstein (= people, peoples, times. Vol. 13, ZDB -ID 290788-4 ). König, Vienna et al. 1926.
  • Police and fashion (= the police in individual representations. Vol. 10, ZDB -ID 793424-5 ). Gersbach, Berlin 1926.
  • The accessories of fashion. Tips, fans, gloves, sticks, umbrellas, jewelry. Bruckmann, Munich 1928 (In English as: Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century. Supplement: Ornaments. Lace, fans, gloves, walking-sticks, parasols, jewelry and trinkets. Dent et al., London 1929).
  • Puppets and puppet shows. 2 volumes. Bruckmann, Munich 1929 (In English. Puppets and Automata. Translated by Josephine Nicoll. With a Note on Puppets by George Bernard Shaw . Dover Publications, New York NY 1972).

literature

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Remarks

  1. ^ Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft. Volume 1. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, p. 165.
  2. ↑ Volker Busch: Max von Boehn. In: Killy Literature Lexicon. Authors and works in German (= digital library 9). 2nd, completely revised edition. Directmedia Publishing, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89853-409-X , pp. 37-38.
  3. ↑ E. Ekkehard (Ed.): Sigilla veri ( Ph. Stauff's Semi-Kürschner). Volume 1: A - German works. 2nd, many times larger and improved edition. Bodung, Erfurt 1929, ZDB -ID 180357-8 .
  4. ^ Daniel Devoucoux: Fashion in Film. On the cultural anthropology of two media. Transcript, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-89942-813-1 , p. 124¨ ( “Nazisympathisant” , without evidence).
  5. ↑ Walter Benjamin : Praise of the doll. Critical glosses on Max von Boehn's "Puppen und Puppenspiele". In: The literary world. Vol. 6, No. 2, from January 10, 1930, ZDB -ID 220964-0 , pp. 5-6. Reprinted in: Walter Benjamin: About children, youth and education (= Edition Suhrkamp. Vol. 391). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1969, pp. 213-218; again in Walter Benjamin: Collected Writings. Edited by Rolf Tiedemann and Hermann Schweppenhäuser with the participation of Theodor W. Adorno and Gershom Scholem . Volume 3: Hella Tiedemann-Bartels (Ed.): Criticisms and reviews (= Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft. Vol. 933). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-518-28533-5 , pp. 213-218 full text .
personal data
SURNAME Boehn, Max von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boehn, Max Ulrich von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1932
Place of death Berlin