Permanent Exhibitions

Between Dying and Dancing

Tales of the early modern period

Curated by: Ulrich Becker and Barbara Kaiser

Press tour: 24.04.2019, 11 am
Opening: 25.04.2019, 7 pm
Duration: from 26.04.2019

Info exhibition: +43-316/8017-9770
Info press: +43-316/8017-9213 and DDI -9211
presse@museum-joanneum.at

About the exhibition

Referred to as the early modern period, the centuries between 1500 and 1800 mark the transition from the Christian world view of the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment on the eve of the Modern Age: as old certainties dwindled, the search for new ways towards the future was fraught with conflict. The epoch is often associated with Renaissance and Baroque splendour. Yet on closer inspection, this dazzling façade also reveals a blood-soaked litany of endless wars and bitter distress. As if guided by the unsteady hand of the goddess Fortuna, the dual countenance of this epoch is marked by religious struggle, by death and by the enjoyment of life, by hunger and abundance. In this new presentation, the art treasures of the Alte Galerie – enriched by precious loans from the Kaiserschild Foundation – convey an overview of a fascinating age caught between splendour and misery. They enable us to recognize the ups and downs which have shaped our past and continue to resonate right up to the present day.

Press material

Downloads

Press-release-Between-Dying-and-Dancing.pdf (32 KB)
Highlights-Between-Dying-and-Dancing.pdf (13 KB)

Image material for download

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Group photos

Material

Group photo in the exhibition rooms,

f. l. t. r.: Christine Rabensteiner (Curator), Marco Alfter (Kaiserschild-Stiftung CEO), Barbara Kaiser (Curatorin and Head of Alte Galerie), Ulrich Becker (Curator), Alexia Getzinger (UMJ Director of Finance) und Wolfgang Muchitsch (UMJ Director of Science), Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Gruppenfoto-Zwischen-Tanz-und-Tod.jpg (1.87 MB)

Subject

Material

Jan Brueghel d. Ä. (1568-1625), "Triumph of Death", 1597 (detail),

Alte Galerie, Schloss Eggenberg/UMJ, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum

Tanz-Tod-Sujet-Presse.jpg (1.24 MB)

Material

Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere (1564 – 1638), Kirmes,

Oil on wood, Alte Galerie, Schloss Eggenberg, Photo: UMJ/N. Lackner

Breughel-Kirmes.jpg (3.6 MB)

Jan Brueghel der Ältere (1568 – 1625), Triumph des Todes, dat. 1597

Oil on canvas, Alte Galerie, Schloss Eggenberg, Photo: UMJ/N. Lackner

Breughel-Triumph-des-Todes.jpg (3.3 MB)

Aert van der Neer (around 1603–1677), "River landscape at dusk",

oil on canvas, Kaiserschild-Stiftung loan, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Aert-van-der-Neer-Flusslandschaft-bei-Daemmerung.jpg (2.57 MB)

Aert van der Neer (around 1603–1677), "Winter landscape and pastime on ice",

oil on wood, Kaiserschild-Stiftung loan, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Aert-van-der-Neer-Winterlandschaft-mit-Eisvergnuegen.jpg (3.62 MB)

Bartholomäus Spranger (1546–1611), "Mars, Venus and Amor",

oil on canvas, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Bartholomaeus-Spranger-Mars-Venus-Amor.jpg (2.18 MB)

Dirk Valkenburg (1675–1721), "Hunting still life with rabbit",

oil on canvas, Kaiserschild-Stiftung loan, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Dirk-Valkenburg-Jagdstillleben-mit-Hase.jpg (2.48 MB)

Dosso Dossi (1490–1542), "Ercole d´Este as Hercules",

oil on canvas, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Dosso-Dossi-Ercole-Este-Herkules.jpg (2.92 MB)

Giovanni Pietro de Pomis (1569–1633), "Archduke Ferdinand as a righteous fighter",

oil on canvas, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Giovanni-Pietro-de-Pomis-Erzherzog-Ferdinand-als-gerechter-Streiter.jpg (4.68 MB)

Herri met de Bles (around 1510 – around 1555), "Landscape with mine",

oil on wood, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Herri-met-de-Bles-Landschaft-mit-Bergwerk.jpg (2.9 MB)

Jan Steen (1626–1679), "Love scene",

oil on wood, Kaiserschild-Stiftung loan, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Jan-Steen-Liebesszene.jpg (3.08 MB)

Johann Georg Platzer (1704–1761), "Gods' celebration with Apollo and Bacchus",

oil on copper, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Johann-Georg-Platzer-Goetterfest-mit-Apoll-und-Bacchus.jpg (3.72 MB)

Joos de Momper the Younger (1564–1635), "Flemish valley street with a view on Antwerp",

oil on wood, Kaiserschild-Stiftung loan, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Joos-de-Momper-d-J-Flaemische-Dorfstrasse-Blick-Antwerpen.jpg (3.51 MB)

Pieter Claesz (around 1598–1661), "Still life with glass cup",

oil on wood, Kaiserschild-Stiftung loan, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Pieter-Claesz-Stillleben-mit-Glaspokal.jpg (2.28 MB)

"Votive Board of St. Lambrecht", Masters of St. Lambrecht's Votive Board, around 1420,

Stift St. Lambrecht loan, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

Votivtafel-von-St-Lambrecht.jpg (4.74 MB)

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