Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: Wagner's Sources
15 Apr - 26 Sep 2010
© Achim Freyer, Germany, born 1934
Untitled (Loge) from Six Production Design Sketches for The Ring Cycle, 2006
watercolor, pencil, and black crayon on paper
courtesy of the Los Angeles Opera.
Untitled (Loge) from Six Production Design Sketches for The Ring Cycle, 2006
watercolor, pencil, and black crayon on paper
courtesy of the Los Angeles Opera.
MYTHS, LEGENDS, AND CULTURAL RENEWAL: WAGNER'S SOURCES
April 15, 2010 – September 26, 2010
Reinvented and passed on by each generation, myths, legends, and fables have continued to fascinate artists into the modern era. Many of the operatic works of Richard Wagner are deeply rooted in the German and Nordic traditions of folk tales and legends, Goethe drew upon German folklore for his description of the Walpurgisnacht, and the Brothers Grimm drew upon folk traditions in their retelling of popular fairy tales. This exhibition, organized by Timothy O. Benson, curator of LACMA’s Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, explores Germanic myths and legends in various embodiments in the modern era.
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
April 15, 2010 – September 26, 2010
Reinvented and passed on by each generation, myths, legends, and fables have continued to fascinate artists into the modern era. Many of the operatic works of Richard Wagner are deeply rooted in the German and Nordic traditions of folk tales and legends, Goethe drew upon German folklore for his description of the Walpurgisnacht, and the Brothers Grimm drew upon folk traditions in their retelling of popular fairy tales. This exhibition, organized by Timothy O. Benson, curator of LACMA’s Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, explores Germanic myths and legends in various embodiments in the modern era.
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.