Sibylle Erle
Biographic Data
| ID | 5636485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sibylle Erle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sibylle |
| FAMILY NAME | Erle |
| SIGNATURE | ERLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nottingham Trent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8567-5810 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Lavater, Johann Caspar
1756–1762 Theologiestudium am Collegium Carolinum in Zürich bei Bodmer und Breitinger ; 1763 Bildungsreise, Bekanntschaft mit führenden Vertretern der Aufklärung; 1768–1773 Aussichten in die Ewigkeit; 1769 Auseinandersetzung mit Mendelssohn ; 1774 Rheinreise, Bekanntschaft mit Goethe ; 1786 Pastor an der Peterskirche; ab 1772 Arbeit an den Physiognomischen Fragmenten und an Übersetzungen; 1797 Protest gegen französische Invasion, Verhaftung; 1799…
Monsters
There is a continued fascination with all things monster. This is partly due to the popular reception of Mary Shelley’s Monster, termed a ‘new species’ by its overreaching but admiringly determined maker Victor Frankenstein in the eponymous novel first published in 1818. The enduring impact of Shelley’s novel, which spans a plethora of subjects and genres in imagery and themes, raises questions of origin and identity, death, birth and family rela…
Blake, Ludwig Meidner and Expressionism
Ludwig Meidner (1884–1966), who belonged to the mystical wing of German expressionism, was forced to leave Germany in 1939. It was during his exile years that Meidner’s new style matured, and this ran alongside his continuing appreciation of Blake. My article examines the British context of Meidner’s engagement with Blake and outlines how he understood Blake’s art in a cultural setting shaped by neo-romanticism. In parallel, it examines how Meidn…
Leaving Their Mark
347 Aphorisms on Man, like few other books of its size or content, has remained part of the scene of literary history owing to the combined efforts of three men, its Swiss author, Johann Caspar Lavater, its translator, Johann Heinrich Fussli, more commonly known in England as Henry Fuseli, and its illustrator and annotator William Blake. Johann Caspar Lavater’s Aphorisms on Man (1788) was published to prepare the British for his Essays on Physiog…
Face to Face with Johann Caspar Lavater
At the end of the eighteenth century, Europe‐wide debates on the nature of man and the practice of interpreting visual artefacts centred on physiognomy, and specifically on one extraordinary, luxuriously illustrated work which claimed to map out how character could precisely be read in the human face: Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy
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Face to Face with Johann Caspar Lavater
At the end of the eighteenth century, Europe‐wide debates on the nature of man and the practice of interpreting visual artefacts centred on physiognomy, and specifically on one extraordinary, luxuriously illustrated work which claimed to map out how character could precisely be read in the human face: Johann Caspar Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy
Leaving Their Mark
347 Aphorisms on Man, like few other books of its size or content, has remained part of the scene of literary history owing to the combined efforts of three men, its Swiss author, Johann Caspar Lavater, its translator, Johann Heinrich Fussli, more commonly known in England as Henry Fuseli, and its illustrator and annotator William Blake. Johann Caspar Lavater’s Aphorisms on Man (1788) was published to prepare the British for his Essays on Physiog…
Blake, Ludwig Meidner and Expressionism
Ludwig Meidner (1884–1966), who belonged to the mystical wing of German expressionism, was forced to leave Germany in 1939. It was during his exile years that Meidner’s new style matured, and this ran alongside his continuing appreciation of Blake. My article examines the British context of Meidner’s engagement with Blake and outlines how he understood Blake’s art in a cultural setting shaped by neo-romanticism. In parallel, it examines how Meidn…
Lavater, Johann Caspar
1756–1762 Theologiestudium am Collegium Carolinum in Zürich bei Bodmer und Breitinger ; 1763 Bildungsreise, Bekanntschaft mit führenden Vertretern der Aufklärung; 1768–1773 Aussichten in die Ewigkeit; 1769 Auseinandersetzung mit Mendelssohn ; 1774 Rheinreise, Bekanntschaft mit Goethe ; 1786 Pastor an der Peterskirche; ab 1772 Arbeit an den Physiognomischen Fragmenten und an Übersetzungen; 1797 Protest gegen französische Invasion, Verhaftung; 1799…
Monsters
There is a continued fascination with all things monster. This is partly due to the popular reception of Mary Shelley’s Monster, termed a ‘new species’ by its overreaching but admiringly determined maker Victor Frankenstein in the eponymous novel first published in 1818. The enduring impact of Shelley’s novel, which spans a plethora of subjects and genres in imagery and themes, raises questions of origin and identity, death, birth and family rela…
Art (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works) · Moravian Church and William Blake (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)