Wolfgang von Wangenheim

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Wolfgang von Wangenheim (* 1938 in Teltow ) is a German German philologist and art historian . He is considered an authority on Johann Joachim Winckelmann .

life and work

Wolfgang von Wangenheim grew up in Kassel . After studying German in Göttingen , he taught at the universities of Paris , Abidjan and Dakar .

"The focus of his preoccupation with art and literature are two topics: the relationship between myth and artwork as well as the reception of antiquity from the Renaissance up to Winckelmann." a. with "Winckelmann and Casanova , Wilhelm Heinse , Hans Henny Jahnn and Hubert Fichte ."

In 2002 von Wangenheim received the Winckelmann Medal from the city of Stendal .

Collection Wolfgang von Wangenheim

“In just under twenty years, a significant collection of oil paintings, watercolors, graphics and sculptures of classicism on ancient subjects was created. Dr. Wolfgang von Wangenheim had collected the works of art over the years with a view to a future presentation in the small Saxon castle Nöthnitz . Here, where Winckelmann lived and worked for five years, a “Studienststätte Schloss Nöthnitz eV in memory of Johann Joachim Winckelmann and Imperial Count Heinrich von Bünau ” was founded in 1991 . These works of art were intended to furnish the gradually restored exhibition rooms of the palace, which were soon to be open to the public; each room addressed selected aspects of the reception of antiquity. ... Unfortunately, this success story soon came to an abrupt end. In 2009 the castle was sold and the new owner closed the rooms to the public. A Winckelmann memorial that had just been built was about to be shut down. Wolfgang von Wangenheim's collection was saved from being taken over by the new owner and can now be seen again for the first time in a temporary exhibition in the Winckelmann Museum in Stendal. The exhibition comprises the essential part of the important Nöthnitz collection ... "

Publications

  • Battle for Rome. Pictures and texts on the afterlife of antiquity, ed. by Max Kunze on behalf of Winckelmann-Ges., Stendal 2013, ISBN 3-910060-87-0 .
  • Ponderation - about the relationship between sculpture and gravity. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-88221-668-4 .
  • The rejected stone - Winckelmann's life. Matthes and Seitz, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-88221-861-4 .
  • Schwarz (the photo was made in the years 1972–1984) . 2. change Edition. Gmünder, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-925163-10-3 .
  • Hubert Fichte. Beck, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-406-07882-6 .
  • Schwarz (the photo was made in the years 1972–1976). Fricke, Frankfurt 1977, ISBN 3-88184-013-3 .
  • The Basel fragment of a Central German-Low German song manuscript and his poetry repertoire. European university publications, Lang, Bern / Frankfurt 1972.

literature

  • Max Kunze (Ed.): Classicism in Germany and Italy. The Wolfgang von Wangenheim Collection. Catalog of an exhibition in the Winckelmann Museum from July 16 to September 11, 2011, ed. on behalf of the Winckelmann Society , texts: Hartmut Wittkowski, 2011, ISBN 3-447-06590-7 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Author portrait on the website of the Matthes & Seitz Berlin publishing house .
  2. ↑ Publishing Advertising rutzen-verlag.de @ to Max Kunze (ed.): Classicism in Germany and Italy. The Wolfgang von Wangenheim Collection. 2011; "... May this catalog and the exhibition in Stendal help keep this Nöthnitzer Winckelmann care that lasted almost two decades in mind until a new location for the collection of our member Dr. Wolfgang von Wangenheim has been found, to whom the Stendaler Winckelmann Society with its museum has owed constant support and help for many years and who also helped us financially for this temporary exhibition. Max Kunze . ” Beginning of the catalog with a preface (PDF 120 KB) @ harrassowitz-verlag.de, accessed May 30, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Wangenheim, Wolfgang von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Teltow