Pygmalion in Bavaria: the sculptor Ignaz Günther and eighteenth-century aesthetic art theory

Abstract

"Examines the work of eighteenth-century sculptor Ignaz Günther within the context of Bavarian Rococo art and Counter-Reformation religious visual culture"--Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction -- Ignaz Günther (1725-1775) -- Pygmalion in Bavaria -- Sculpture and religious culture in Counter-Reformation Bavaria -- Unruly art : Günther's angels and their behavior in church -- Günther's Kerkerheiland and rebellious humility -- Günther in Weyarn and the liberties of procession sculpture -- "Broken unity" : Günther's self-reflective viewers -- Pygmalion intention, Pygmalion reverie.