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    The Unfolding of the World

    Drawings from the Tyrolean Baroque period
    Link zu Bild Simon Benedikt Faistenberger_Krönung Mariens in Gewölbearchitektur_c_Johannes Plattner Link zu Bild Alessandro Galli da Bibiena_Präsentationsentwurf eines Bühnenbildes_c_Johannes Plattner Link zu Bild Johann Georg Dominikus Grasmair__Männlicher Akt_c_Johannes Plattner Link zu Bild Franz Anton Zeiller_Tempelgang Mariens_c_Johannes Plattner
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    The Graphic Collection of the Tyrolean State Museums holds the world’s largest collection of Tyrolean Baroque drawings. As part of the ‘Ferdinandeum on Tour’ exhibition, these Baroque treasures – by artists such as Paul Troger and Simon Benedikt Faistenberger – are on display at the Innsbruck City Archives/City Museum.

    The drawings were functional working sketches used to prepare complex projects, such as ceiling frescoes, altarpieces or stage sets. Today, they are regarded as masterpieces of the highest calibre.

    Josef Ignaz Mildorfer_Moses und die Eherne Schlange_c_Johannes Plattner
    © TLM / Photography: Johannes Plattner
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    Link to image Josef Ignaz Mildorfer_Moses and the Bronze Serpent_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Paul Troger_Fold with Putti_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Egid Schor_Gloria of Saint Roch_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Johann Andreas Wolff_The Beheading of Saint Barbara_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Johann Andreas Wolff_Apotheosis of Saint Jude Thaddeus_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Alessandro Galli da Bibiena_Concept sketch for a stage set_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Balthasar Horer_, Pulpit figures_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Johann Georg Dominikus Grasmair__Male nude_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image: Cosmas Damian Asam_Judith with the Head of Holofernes_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Simon Benedikt Faistenberger_The Coronation of the Virgin Mary in a vaulted ceiling_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Simon Benedikt Faistenberger_Glory of Saint Ulrich_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Philipp Haller_Reclining Male Nude_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Josef Kremer_Adoration of the Shepherds_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Franz Anton Zeiller_Healing of a Possessed Man by Saint Gallus_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Franz Anton Zeiller_The Presentation of Mary in the Temple_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Johann Michael Strickner_Immaculata_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Josef Kremer_Cartouche with putti_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image Link to image Paul Röpfl_Marking the border between Bavaria and Tyrol_c_Johannes Plattner Link to image

    The art scene in Tyrol during the first half of the 17th century was predominantly shaped by immigrant artists, such as Paul Honegger, who hailed from Swabia. The second half of the 17th century was dominated by three Tyrolean artistic families, namely the Schor, Gumpp and Waldmann families. The Baroque period marks an attempt to understand the world as a stable whole. The title ‘Weltentfaltung’ (Unfolding of the World) refers to the fold, a central stylistic element of the Baroque. Folds reveal how reality presents itself to us: multifaceted, nothing is definitively decided, everything is in flux – art for today.

    The exhibition is dedicated to these works of art rich in folds and also ventures a glance at the mountain world, in whose folds the Baroque interplay of concealment and revelation continues.

    Blick in die Ausstellung „Weltentfaltung. Zeichnungen des Tiroler Barock“
    © TLM/Photography: Johannes Plattner
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    Please note:For conservation reasons, the drawings on display will be replaced with facsimiles or other drawings from the collection during the exhibition period. For this reason, the exhibition consists of two parts: 27 March – 26 June and 13 July – 26 October.

    CURATOR
    Ralf Bormann

    SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
    Johann Kronbichler, Herbert Schwaha

    Innsbruck City Archives/City Museum

    Badgasse 2
    6020 Innsbruck

    Mon – Fri 9 am – 5 pm
    Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

    Special opening hours on Saturdays:
    25 April, 30 May, 25 July, 29 August, 26 September
    10 am – 2 pm on each of these dates, with a guided tour at 11 am