See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

ERNST See also:

• ERNST RIETSCHEL

RIETSCHEL  , See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

AUGUST (1804-1861), See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German sculptor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Pulsnitz in See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he became an See also:

• ART

art student at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden, and subsequently a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

• RAUCH, CHRISTIAN DANIEL (1777 – 1857)

Rauch in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin . He there gained an art studentship, and studied in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1827-28 . After returning to Saxony he soon brought himself into See also:

• NOTICE

notice by a See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal statue of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Saxony; was elected a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of Dresden, and thenceforth became one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief sculptors of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In 1832 he was elected to the Dresden professorship of See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture, and had many See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign orders of merit conferred on him by the governments of different countries . He died at Dresden in 1861.325 See also:

• RIETSCHEL, ERNST

Rietschel's See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style was very varied; he produced See also:

• WORKS

works imbued with much religious feeling, and to some extent he occupied the same See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as a sculptor that See also:

• OVERBECK, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1789-1869)

Overbeck did in See also:

• PAINTING

painting . Other important works by him were purely classical in style . He was specially famed for his portrait figures of eminent men, treated with much See also:

• IDEALISM (from Gr. i5Ea, archetype or model, through been urged of the truth of its point of view is the persistency Fr. idealisme)

idealism and dramatic vigour; among the latter class his chief works were colossal statues of See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe and See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller for See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin' See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, of See also:

• WEBER, CARL MARIA FRIEDRICH ERNEST VON (1786–1826)
• WEBER, WILHELM EDUARD (1804-1891)

Weber for Dresden and of See also:

• LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM (1729–1781)

Lessing for See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick . He also designed the memorial statue of See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther for See also:

• WORMS

Worms, but died before he could carry it out . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal among Rietschel's religious pieces of sculpture are the well-known See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ-See also:

• ANGEL

Angel, and a See also:

• LIFE

life-sized Pieta, executed for the king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . He also worked a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEAL

deal in rilievo, and produced many graceful pieces, especially a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of bas-reliefs representing See also:

• NIGHT

Night and See also:

• MORNING

Morning, See also:

• NOON

Noon and See also:

• TWILIGHT

Twilight, designed with much poetical feeling and See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination . For a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Rietschel and See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his works see Appermann, See also:

• ERNST, HEINRICH WILHELM (1814–1865)

Ernst Rietschel (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1863) .

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