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His images thus explode with loving observation of precious nature ¹ Schadow 1861, no. 701 (Aug. 28) ²⁸ Schadow 1860–1862 ⁵³ Sherwood 1865, 103; reproductive wood
vignettes, transforming every element no matter how small—the tiniest ² Berlin is here representative for Prussia, Prussia ²⁹ www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/ engraving of Overbeck’s Christ Blessing Little
flower or a single stalk of grass, the most unassuming burdock or a for Germany; ibid. glossary-terms/history-painting Children between 100 and 101
small patch of meadow—into a vehicle of spiritual import and religious ³ Grewe 2015, 52. ³⁰ See Grewe 2017, esp. 265–267 and 283–285, as ⁵⁴ Ibid.
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feeling. Given this inclination toward small-scale compositions, ⁴ Lehr 1924, 20–22. well as Grewe 2018 ⁵⁵ Martin Johann Jenisch the Younger (1793–1857)
the quartet’s triumph in the realm of fresco might come as a surprise ⁵ For a detailed discussion of the painting, its ³¹ Grewe 2000 ⁵⁶ Overbeck 1850, 231. On Overbeck’s procedures
to transform history painting into devotional
(Fig. 23). Yet, this juxtaposition of the intimate and the monumental, symbolism, narrative structure and religious ³² Schadow to Hübner, March 15, 1849; cited in images, see Grewe, 2009, chap. 4, 149–201
politics, and further secondary literature see
Grewe 2000, 48
too, was utterly Nazarene, and when asked to decorate the Church Grewe 2009 a, 47–52 ³³ Cited after Reinhard Teske, 1976, 63 ⁵⁷ Thimann 2001
of St. Apollinaris in Remagen, built after a design by Ernst Friedrich ⁶ Gossman 2003 ³⁴ Sherwood 1865, 300–302 ⁵⁸ Bianchini 1843. See further Thimann 2005
Zwirner between 1839 and 1843, they did not hesitate. When Deger, ⁷ Busch 1977 ³⁵ Passage cited, with modifications, ⁵⁹ Linder to Overbeck, February 1837; cited after
Ittenbach, and the brother Müller applied the last brush stroke to ⁸ Overbeck 1810; Schadow 1842, 9 after Grewe 2015, 270 Thimann, Hieroglyphen, 208
their murals ten years later, they had created one of the era’s most ⁹ Schadow 1861, no. 711 (Sept. 1) ³⁶ Susannah Henschel, September 25, 2020, ⁶⁰ Brentano to Steinle, Munich, March 15-April 10,
impressive total works of art. Painted for eternity, many of these would ¹⁰ The remaining paragraph draws on https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/ 1842; cited after Grewe 2015, 245; for this section
see Grewe 2015, section “Too Conscious,
not survive World War II. St. Apollinaris, however, was saved from Gossman 2003 theorizing-modernities/ending-exile/ Studied, and Deliberate!,” 245–248
the hails of bombs by its isolated location, high above the Rhine and ¹¹ Sutter to Overbeck, December 4, 1810; cited ³⁷ Brandmüller 2009 ⁶¹ The Catholic Encyclopedia, 15 vols. New York:
apart from the city beneath. Freshly restored to its previous glory in after Frank 2001, 11 ³⁸ For a fundamental discussion of this topic, Robert Appleton Company, 1907, vol. 2: 131;
see Frank 2001, esp. 143–186; the following
2005, this neo-Gothic treasure allows the visitor an uncompromised, ¹² Pforr died of tuberculosis in Albano Laziale, discussion draws on Grewe 2011 for his nickname see “Führich, Joseph.” In The
Rome, on June 16, 1812; he was merely 24
Oxford Dictionary of Art, edited by Ian Chilvers.
pristine experience of the Nazarene vision fully realized. years old ³⁹ Executed in 1846 and measuring a substantial Oxford University Press, 2004, https://www-
¹³ Grewe 2007, esp. 102–105 472 × 588 cm, the cartoon was initially among oxfordreference-com.proxy.library.upenn.edu/
Once completed, this splendid ornament of the Rhine’s dramatic ¹⁴ Grewe 2007, “Introduction,” 1–18 the showpieces of the Neue Nationalgalerie view/10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001/
hillsides quickly became a pilgrimage site for devout Catholics and ¹⁵ Schnorr 1860, VII in Berlin; its whereabouts are unknown since acref-9780198604761-e-1345
World War II; for Cornelius’s see Büttner
art lovers alike, which was always included in any tourist guide Fig. 23 ¹⁶ Cornelius to Joseph Görres, November 1814; 1980–1999 ⁶² Kletzl 1923, 22
or art-historical discussion. “The work is a little gem,” Reverend cited after Gossman 2008, 56 ⁴⁰ Pecht 1853, vol. 1: “32 Letter: Rome, 24 April ⁶³ Finke 1898, 85
nd
Sherwood assured his American readers. “I hardly know of another ¹⁷ Gotlieb 1996, 31 1852,” 285–296, quote 289; Zimmermann 1870, ⁶⁴ Koller 1935, 18–20
painted chamber with which it can compare for sweet sentiment of ¹⁸ Cornelius to Görres, November 1814; see vol. 1, 333 ⁶⁵ Anton Springer 1859; cited after Finke 1898, 85
beauty akin to devotion, and for sensitive harmony of color attuned endnote 15; for an extensive discussion of ⁴¹ Sherwood 1865, 103 ⁶⁶ Angelika Storm-Rusche. “Adam, Eva und
der Verlust des Paradises.” General-Anzeiger
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to musical chords.” Even those who generally disliked Düsseldorf Cornelius and the politics of fresco painting see ⁴² Thimann Hieroglyphs
Grewe 2012 (28.06.2006), https://ga.de/adam-eva-und-der-
School of Art, were taken by storm. “I have to admit,” Elizabeth ¹⁹ Thimann 2013, esp. 204. Grewe 2017, 30–36; ⁴³ Thimann, Overbeck verlust-des-paradiesesaid-40150445
Rigby (1809–1893) confessed in 1845, that “the new church on the interpretation 36–37 ⁴⁴ Thimann 2006, esp. 89–90 ⁶⁷ Sherwood 1865, 303
Apollinaris Berg [is] altogether a most pleasing & beautiful object ²⁰ Suhr 1991, 43 ⁴⁵ Overbeck 1843 ⁶⁸ Rigby to John Murray, August 22, 1845, cited in
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of examination.” Unquestionably, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, her ²¹ Thimann 2013, 204 ⁴⁶ www.rct.uk/collection/405399/lheacutemicycle- Sheldon 2009, 98–101
de-leacutecole-des-beaux-arts
husband and the first director of London’s National Gallery, will ²² Stendhal’s travel diary on Italy, 1827–1829; cited ⁴⁷ The phrase “guide to the realms beyond human
have agreed. Art history would subsequently eternalize the painters after Saint Martin 2017, 78 understanding” has been inspired by Hugh
of Apollinaris as “the Düsseldorf Late Nazarenes.” This epithet is ²³ Grewe 2018, also for further Honour’s 1979 study Romanticism (here page
somewhat misleading. After all, they were not the first, and they secondary literature 199), a book still worth reading
²⁴ Boime 2004, 61 ⁴⁸ Vischer 1841; cited in Grewe 2015, 14
would certainly not the last, in the long line of artists fraternities
born from the spirit of the Lukasbund. But as their art concludes ²⁵ Schnorr 1828, 136 ⁴⁹ Grewe 2015, “Modernity Reconsidered,” 13–15
one major arc of the Nazarenes’ history, their epithet might well ²⁶ The last phrase is lifted from Rachel Esner’s ⁵⁰ Gurlitt 1899; cited after Grewe 2015, 13
2003 book review of “Menzel’s Realism
serve us as the perfect period to end the story told in these pages. (Autumn 2003) ⁵¹ See for a detailed discussion of Overbeck’s
Sacraments series, Grewe 2009, chapter 4,
²⁷ Humboldt to Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, March 149–201
4, 1810; cited after Grewe 2015, 253 ⁵² See Pesce 2013

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