Pathos des Apollon. Eine bildanthropologische Analyse des Werks Apollo, die Pestpfeile aussendend (um 1920) von Alexander Rothaug (Curator's Choice, Nr. 4, 2022)

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Title:: Pathos des Apollon. Eine bildanthropologische Analyse des Werks Apollo, die Pestpfeile aussendend (um 1920) von Alexander Rothaug (Curator's Choice, Nr. 4, 2022)

Artist:: Rothaug, Alexander

Author:: Hal'ák, Miroslav

Keyword:: Pathos; Bildanthropologie; Mythos; Formanalyse; Körperästhetik; Ikonografie; Propaganda; Apollo; Pest; Epidemie; Krise

Physical location:: Bibliothek des Belvedere, Wien

Place of publication:: Wien

Document type:: Article

Collection:: Curator's Choice

Year of publication:: 2022

Credits:: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere / Autor*innen

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Language:: German

Number of digitised pages:: 11

Persistent identifier:: 1670940340791

License:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.57836/v643-rr28

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Title:: Abbildung | Alexander Rothaug: Apollo, die Pestpfeile aussendend, um 1920

Artist:: Rothaug, Alexander

Document type:: Article

Structure type:: Figure

Number of digitised pages:: 1

Abstract

Using the example of Alexander Rothaug's Apollo sending out the plague arrows (around 1920), an iconological-pictorial anthropological analysis is undertaken in three stages, which is intended, among other things, to draw attention to the ambivalence of this mythical subject. How topical can the depiction of an ancient god be? Is the word “up-to-date” relevant in this context? A schematically ordered composition, anatomically exaggerated figurality and a motif taken from the world of heroes in antiquity contain much more than just an example of a late aftertaste of symbolist art in Austria. On the basis of a symbolically charged image, which is also ideologically contaminated by the person of the author, many problem areas can be addressed that find their counterpart in the most recent political and social developments. In the pathos of ancient gods, exaggeration becomes a sign of the times, pointing to the decay and empty splendor of an entire post-war generation. An important question for museology is how such works should be dealt with and which levels of meaning can be sensitive and provocative for the respective cultural epoch. Only through critical interpretation of the broader socio-political aspects in the diachronic horizon can controversial themes of an image become visible at all, and ultimately only thanks to this knowledge can a legitimate presentation strategy be designed.

Keywords:

Pathos – Anthropology – Myth – Formal analysis – Body aesthetics – Iconography – Propaganda – Apollo – Plague – Epidemic – Crisis

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