Hunting is Female
Diana and Actaeon
Hunting Museum, Schloss Stainz, Schlossplatz 1, 8510 Stainz
Curated from Karlheinz Wirnsberger mit Eva Kreissl
Duration: 27.03.2021–28.11.2021
Info exhibition: +43-3463/2772-16
Info press: +43-316/8017-9213 und DW -9211
presse@museum-joanneum.at
About the exhibition
Hunting was and is not a field of activity confined to men. If we research into history, we see that hunting was certainly shaped by women, too. This kind of leisure activity was a means of liberating oneself from the restraints of aristocratic social life; there was a certain latitude concerning clothing permitted to be worn: the ‘woman’ took part. But the historical development of this subject already begins in pre-history, and then continues in mythology with the hunting goddess Diana and Actaeon who was enchanted by her, and shows how hunting has developed, with the aid of selected personalities. At present, the percentage of women in hunting rises from year to year. We also look into whether and to what extent men and women pursue hunting for different reasons, or whether there is no difference.
This special exhibition is framed by the Diana and Actaeon cycle of Austrian artist Gerald Brettschuh. Current developments and discussions beyond the raised hide and habitats for wild animals, the reproductive behaviour of wild animals and the resulting social consequences in the animal world round off the subject.
Press kit
Downloads
- Joanneums-Gespraeche.pdf (20 KB)
- Museumssommer.pdf (8 KB)
- Pressetext-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich.pdf (10 KB)
Images
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Material

17. Jahrhundert, Öl auf Leinwand, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/KH. Wirnsberger
Diana-venezianisch.jpg (1 MB)

Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/KH. Wirnsberger
Falknerin-Bronzestatue-Jagdkunde.jpg (1.42 MB)

Jay feathers, horn, photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Federfaecher.jpg (0.76 MB)

Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Aktaeon-Diana-01.jpg (0.65 MB)

83 x 115 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-03.jpg (0.35 MB)

92 x 97 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Der-Pfeil.jpg (0.62 MB)

Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-Aktaeon-01.jpg (0.77 MB)

55 x 110 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-01.jpg (0.29 MB)

Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-Aktaeon-02.jpg (0.98 MB)

70 x 90 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-02.jpg (0.44 MB)

Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-Aktaeon-03.jpg (1.07 MB)

40 x 50 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-Aktaeon-04.jpg (0.67 MB)

83 x 100 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Diana-Aktaeon-05.jpg (0.56 MB)

80 x 78 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Er-war-Aktaeon.jpg (0.62 MB)

237 x 179 cm, Reproduktion: Croce & Wir
Gerald-Brettschuh-Tier-Frau-Mann-Aktaeon.jpg (0.69 MB)


Octagonal barrel with 87.5 cm length, total length of 114.5 cm, in the weapon lexicon (Lampl/Mahrhold 1994) described as very easy to handle and preferred as a women's weapon on small game, photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Radschlosstschinke.jpg (0.15 MB)

Caliber 18.8 mm, total length 114 cm, gunsmiths: Carl Pischoff A. Horn, Diana with the nymphs in the bath and Acteon turned into a deer, photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Steinschlossbuechse-Diana-mit-Nymphen-Acteon-Hirsch.jpg (0.48 MB)

Material

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-01.jpg (2.18 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-02.jpg (3.42 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-03.jpg (1.69 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-04.jpg (1.36 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-05.jpg (1.57 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-06.jpg (1.48 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-07.jpg (1.71 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-08.jpg (1.69 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-09.jpg (1.45 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-10.jpg (1.62 MB)

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Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-11.jpg (1.8 MB)

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Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-13.jpg (1.82 MB)

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Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-15.jpg (1.35 MB)

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Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-16.jpg (1.61 MB)

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Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-17.jpg (1.59 MB)

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Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-18.jpg (1.74 MB)

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Austellungsansicht-Die-Jagd-ist-weiblich-19.jpg (1.88 MB)

Material

v. l. n. r.: Wolfgang Muchitsch (wissenschaftlicher Direktor UMJ), Alexia Getzinger (kaufmännische Direktorin UMJ) und Kulturlandesrat Christopher Drexler, Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Jahresticket-Muchitsch-Getzinger-Drexler.jpg (1.78 MB)

v. l. n. r.: Wolfgang Muchitsch (wissenschaftlicher Direktor UMJ), Alexia Getzinger (kaufmännische Direktorin UMJ), Künstler Gerald Brettschuh, Kulturlandesrat Christopher Drexler und Karlheinz Wirnsberger (Kurator und Leiter des Jagdmuseums), Foto: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Muchitsch-Getzinger-Brettschuh-Drexler-Wirnsberger.jpg (1.92 MB)
Press contact
Universalmuseum Joanneum
Marketing & Communications
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P: +43/316/8017-9211
F: +43/316/8017-9253
presse@museum-joanneum.at
Downloads
- Universalmuseum_Joanneum_Langtext_ENGL_2019.pdf (21 KB)
- UMJ-Programme-2020-E.pdf (2,164 KB)