Move Objects to Shift Meaning: Tracing the Relocation of a Painting by Oswald Onghers in Frankfurt Cathedral
For centuries, the Church of St Bartholomew (Frankfurt Cathedral) had a richly decorated interior, and numerous precious objects in the church’s treasury. Although many of these items have been lost or destroyed, a selection of the remaining objects is nowadays on display in the two exhibition ar...
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| Published in: | Handling Religious Things. The Material and the Social in Museums (Band 07) |
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2022
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| Summary: | For centuries, the Church of St Bartholomew (Frankfurt Cathedral) had a richly
decorated interior, and numerous precious objects in the church’s treasury.
Although many of these items have been lost or destroyed, a selection of the
remaining objects is nowadays on display in the two exhibition areas of the Dommuseum
Frankfurt or guarded in the museum’s storage rooms. These objects are
categorised as artworks and handled accordingly. Other objects are still an integral
part of the church’s endowment – such as the oil painting by Oswald Onghers
depicting St Bartholomew, which will be taken as an example in this paper. This
painting entered the Church of St Bartholomew in 1678 and is still on display in
the church itself. This poses certain challenges with regard to handling art according
to museum standards. This article will shed light on how art-historically based
categories of valuing an object are applied in all three of the contexts mentioned
above – museum, storage room, and church. |
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| Physical Description: | 27 Pages |
| DOI: | 10.17192/es2022.0088 |