Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) was the Nordic region’s leading sculptor in the first part of the nineteenth century, and exerted a strong influence on Nordic and European sculpture. He is said to have revived the relief form, and was called the “Patr Cover Image

Sang og musik ledsaget af Amor (1861): Et gjenoppdaget relieff av den norske senklassisisten Ole Henriksen Fladager
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) was the Nordic region’s leading sculptor in the first part of the nineteenth century, and exerted a strong influence on Nordic and European sculpture. He is said to have revived the relief form, and was called the “Patr

Author(s): Åse Markussen
Subject(s): Visual Arts, History of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Gdański
Keywords: Bertel Thorvaldsen; Ole Henriksen Fladager; neoclassiscism; late classicism; sculpture; reliefs; tondi

Summary/Abstract: Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) was the Nordic region’s leading sculptor in the first part of the nineteenth century, and exerted a strong influence on Nordic and European sculpture. He is said to have revived the relief form, and was called the “Patriarch of Basreliefs”. The relief tradition was weak in Norway during late classicism, and tondi (relief medallions) were few. The article is devoted to a recently rediscovered tondo by the Norwegian late classicist Ole Henriksen Fladager (1832–1871), and discusses the extent to which the relief is influenced by Bertel Thorvaldsen’s tondi.

  • Issue Year: 27/2023
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 78-91
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Norwegian
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