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ESTHETICS.
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later period of life, wrote a monograph on K. F. v. Breda. Another amanuensis
(at the Royal Library) Kr. Eichhorn (1837/89) has by his writings and
collections done services of priceless value to Swedish history of art. Thus, he wrote
»Swedish Architecture», an appendix to the History of Architecture by Lttbke
(1871); many essays on art and industrial art, collected in »Swedish Studies», in
three series of 1869, 1872, and 1881; »A short Summary of the History of the
Imitative Arts» (1881); and a series of notable articles on Swedish history of art
in »Nordisk Familjebok» (Swedish Encyclopedia). A third amanuensis (at the
National Museam) is furthermore to be mentioned, namely O. Granberg (born 1868),
an art investigator who has gained reputation even abroad for his research about
»Pieter de Molijn de oude» (1883), on the strength of which this Dutch
landscape-painter was installed into his proper place in history; furthermore, he has drawn
up catalogues of pictures by old masters in private collections (1886) and, finally,
he has published a large work about »The picture gallery of Queen Kristina»
(1896). A prominent place in this department is also occupied by Viktor
Rydberg (1828/96), who wrote excellent treatises on »The Aphrodite of Melos», on
»Roman Emperors in marble», on »Antinous», and, moreover, at the University
of Stockholm (after 1889), held very celebrated lectures on ancient and modern
art — As a professor at Uppsala, C. R. Nyblom (born 1832) has, since 1865,
lectured on history of art, written monographs on Sergel, Adelcrantz, and
Scholander, drawn up a catalogue of the Uppsala University art collections, written
about Uppsala cathedral and the new University Palace, and, in »Nordisk
Familjebok», contributed with most of the articles on foreign art. Among
Uppsala men may be noted: G. Upmark (1844/1900), a versatile author, who has
written about palaces and churches, about copper plates and textile fabrics, as
well as achieved a grand work on the Renaissance in Sweden (1892/1900),
published in German; moreover, he has written articles in »Nordisk Familjebok»,
and exercised a considerable influence in his capacity of intendant at the
National Museum; G. Göthe (born 1846), whose principal work is about Sergei,
but who, besides that, has drawn np the model catalogues of the pictures in the
National Museum and has lectured on art; L. Looström (born 1848), author of
the History of the Academy of Arts and having, moreover, compiled catalogues and
treated many questions concerning industrial art; O. Levertin (born 1862), who
has lectured on art at the Private University of Stockholm and written about Nik.
Lafrensen, Jun., and G. Lundborg; K. Warburg (born 1852), who has lectured
on the subject in question at the Private University of Gothenburg and written
about Hedlinger and Velasquez; C. G. Laurin (born 1868), who is the author
of the first complete History of Art written in Swedish (1900) and provided with
a beautiful selection of illustrations; and A. Hahr (born 1868), who has published
monographs on P. Krafft, Sen., and D. v. Krafft. An exceptional position is held
by J. Böttiger (born 1853), who has described Drottningholm and the bronze
works by Adrian de Fries to be found in Sweden and has written a great work
about Sweden’s treasures of tapestry. An equally independent position is, finally,
taken up by G. Nordensvan (born 1858), who has treated the subject of »Swedish
art and Swedish artists in the 19th century», also delineated the history of imitative
arts in all countries during the same era (1900) and described the Royal Castle
at Gripsholm with its treasures of portrait-paintings.
Esthetics.
Considered as a science, esthetics is in Sweden little older than history of
art, for among Swedes, the science of the beautiful was introduced from Germany
along with neo-romanticism. This fact did not, however, prevent certain negative
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