Alexander von Humboldt Memorial, Berlin
| Alexander von Humboldt Memorial | |
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| Alexander-von-Humboldt-Denkmal (German) | |
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| Artist | Reinhold Begas |
| Year | 1882 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Dimensions | 5.70 m (18.7 ft) |
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The Alexander von Humboldt Memorial to the right of the Humboldt University main building on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates the Prussian polymath and natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859). Created in 1882 by Reinhold Begas in neo-baroque style, the marble statue is a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture.[1]
Gallery
Early model by Reinhold Begas
Marble statue in 1952
Humboldt University main building
References
- ↑ Bloch; Grzimek (1978), t. 291.
Further reading
- Bloch, Peter; Grzimek, Waldemar (1978). Die Berliner Bildhauerschule im neunzehnten Jahrhundert. Das klassische Berlin (in German). Berlin: Propyläen. ISBN 978-3-549-06631-7.
- Andreas W. Daum, "Nation, Naturforschung und Monument: Humboldt-Denkmäler in Deutschland und den USA.” In Die Kunst der Geschichte: Historiographie, Ästhetik, Erzählung, ed. Martin Baumeister. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009, 99‒124.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Statue of Alexander von Humboldt, Berlin.
- Alexander von Humboldt Memorial – Berlin Monument Authority (in German)
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