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13 de ago. de 2020 · Ernst Barlach’s Floating Angel (Der Schwebende) in the Dom zu Güstrow brick gothic church is one of the best-known war memorial sculptures in Germany. The Güstrower Dom near Rostock in northern Germany is a large mostly 13th-century brick Gothic former collegiate church.
Barlach’s »Floating Angel« was originally created for the 700th anniversary of Güstrow Cathedral and as a memorial for the fallen of the First World War. On 23 August 1937, the original was removed from Güstrow Cathedral as ›degenerate art‹. It was defamed as »an insult to every soldier«.
Ernst Barlach (1870-1938) is one of the most important German artists of the 20th century. His sculptures, drawings and graphics can be found in collections and museums all around the world. The "Güstrow Memorial", the floating angel, became one of the world's most renowned war memorials.
Ernst Barlach blends genres. That makes this bronze sculpture more than a Floating Angel. The figure floats above an intricate tomb.
24 de oct. de 2020 · The Floating Angel (Der Schwebende) in Güstrow Cathedral is an epic memorial to Germany’s dead in the First World War. It is a tragic and enigmatic reflection of the horrors of a conflict he himself experienced.
Floating Angel portrays the two worlds of human reality – body and soul. The spare bronze sculptural form represents a magical soul. He suspends this spectral soldier at an improbable height above the tomb.
He also spent ten months in Florence, Italy in 1909 and afterwards settled in 1910 in Güstrow in Mecklenburg, where he spent the rest of his life. In the years before World War I , Barlach was a patriotic and enthusiastic supporter of the war, awaiting a new artistic age from the war.
