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Eduard Stützel
Carl Heinrich Eduard Stützel, or Stietzel (11 June 1806, Berlin - after 1865) was a German wood carver and sculptor. Life and work He completed his studies at the Prussian Academy of Arts. Between 1826 and 1840, he showed his woodwork at the Academy's exhibitions. This included statuettes of King Friedrich Wilhelm III and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, done in boxwood. He also created busts and medallions, in marble and plaster of paris. In 1840, he was summoned to Potsdam by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, who was devoted to the construction of new building with sculptural decoration, and the restoration of old works of art. Some of the original figures at Sanssouci had been given to the Altes Museum, and its Director, Ignaz von Olfers, was strongly opposed to putting them back in their original places. Stützel and several other artists were engaged to create replicas for the Neues Palais The New Palace (german: Neues Palais) is a palace situated on the western side o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo Mit Merkurknaben 5
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label=genitive, , ; , is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, classical Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Seen as the most beautiful god and the ideal of the ''kouros'' (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo is considered to be the most Greek of all the gods. Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
