Populäre Denkmäler und populistische Politik : Die Monumentalisierung von „Volkstypen“ im Wien Karl Luegers
Popular Monuments and Populist Politics The Monumentalisation of ‘popular types’ in Karl Lueger‘s Vienna
Author(s): Hans KörnerSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Political history, Social history, 19th Century, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Slovenská akadémie vied - Centrum vied o umení
Keywords: 19thc./20thc. Sculpture; Monument; Fountain; Vienna; Viennese types; Populist policy; Karl Lueger; Roland Barthes
Summary/Abstract: The function usually assigned/expected of the monument was impressing, intimidating, and instructing. Against this concept of the monument stands the popular monument, which does not seek to instruct, edify or intimidate, which, as in the case of the Augustin-Fountain in Vienna’s 7th district, could even place a ‘drunkard’ on the pedestal instead of ‘heroic figures’, and which was nevertheless politically instrumentalised. The article describes the monuments that were erected or planned for popular ‘Viennese types’ in the 19th and early 20th centuries and shows the connections between the ‘mythification’ (in the sense of Roland Barthes) of these ‘folk types’ and Karl Lueger’s populist politics.
Journal: ARS
- Issue Year: 57/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 112-139
- Page Count: 28
- Language: German
