Gerhard Schøning, Gothicism and the Re-evaluation of Northern Landscapes
Titel:
Gerhard Schøning, Gothicism and the Re-evaluation of Northern Landscapes
Auteur:
Larsen, Stian Bones
Verschenen in:
Acta borealia
Paginering:
Jaargang 18 (2001) nr. 2 pagina's 61-84
Jaar:
2001
Inhoud:
In this article we shall survey some central views of the north and the people living there, as it was presented by different scholars from the 16th to the 18th century. In particular, we will focus on Gerhard Schøning (1722-1780). Many historians have stressed the big influence that French Enlightenment philosophy had on Schøning. This article, however, will also point to other ideas and traditions that inspired him. One is the old Swedish cultural and patriotic movement called Gothicism. Schøning did, no doubt, share many ideas with Swedish Gothicism. Even so, important factors like aesthetics, scholarly orientation and religious ideas changed greatly during this period, and this effected both Gothicism and Schøning's relation to it. It is also fundamental for us to clarify these changes when trying to explain the re-evaluation of northern landscapes in the 18th century.
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