Feste Feiern
Das Kunsthistorische Museum feiert 2016 sein 125-Jahr-Jubiläum. Aus diesem Anlass zeigen wir eine große Sonderausstellung zum Thema »Festkulturen«, an der sich alle Sammlungen des Hauses beteiligen. Die Schau wird durch Leihgaben aus nationalen und internationalen Sammlungen bereichert, wie etwa Goyas »La gallina ciega« aus dem Prado oder ein Designer-Outfit von Alexander McQueen aus dem V&A Museum in London.
Celebration! 125 Years – Anniversary Exhibition / Feste Feiern. 125 Jahre – Jubiläumsausstellung
Die Ausstellung hat das Fest und seine Geschichte zum Inhalt und beleuchtet verschiedene Aspekte europäischer Festkulturen, die sich von der Renaissance bis zur Französischen Revolution bei Hof, in der Stadt und auf dem Land entwickelt haben. Feste waren stets ein Ausnahmezustand, in dem die Gesetze des Alltags vorübergehend außer Kraft gesetzt wurden. Im Zentrum stehen das höfische Festbankett und seine opulente Prachtentfaltung mit Tanz und Musik, sowie rauschende Feste unter freiem Himmel, die anlässlich von Krönungen, Hochzeiten, Geburtstagen, aber auch zur Zeit des Karnevals, bei Kirchweihen oder auf Märkten stattfanden.
La gallina ciega (Blind Man’s Buff) (1.3 MB)Francisco de Goya (1746 – 1828)
1788 canvas, 269 x 350 cm
© Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
In 2016 the Kunsthistorisches Museum celebrates its 125th anniversary. To commemorate this birthday we are hosting an important special exhibition on celebrations and festivities with artworks from all our collections as well as major loans from national and international collections, among them Goya’s “La gallina ciega” from the Prado, and a designer outfit by Alexander McQueen from the V&A Museum in London.
Nocturnal Banquet (788 KB)Wolfgang Heimbach (Ovelgönne/Oldenburg c. 1613 – after 1678?) 1640 dated copper, 62 x 114 cm Picture Gallery © KHM-Museumsverband
The exhibition focuses on celebrations and how they evolved over time; it looks at various aspects of European festivities from the Renaissance until the French Revolution – at court, in towns and cities, and in the country. Festivities always mark a state of exception during which normal rules temporarily do not apply. The courtly banquet with its pomp and circumstance, which included dancing and music, forms the centre of the show; other sections feature out-of-doors celebrations to mark coronations, weddings or births but also staged during Carnival, church fairs or on market days.
FRANZ JOSEPH
ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE EMPEROR’S DEATH 1830-1916 IMPERIAL CARRIAGE MUSEUM VIENNA, SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE, HOFMOBILIENDEPOT. IMPERIAL FURNITURE COLLECTION AND SCHLOSS NIEDERWEIDEN Presented concurrently at four different venues, this major exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Emperor Franz Joseph takes a critical look at the man who personified the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Each venue focuses on a different aspect and/or theme. At the Imperial Carriage Museum in Vienna displays of carriages and clothing will focus on how the image of the emperor was carefully staged in all its aspects, ranging from opulent pomp to an almost un-imperial modesty. Franz Joseph’s personal preference for frugality, which the monarch made no secret of, can be seen from several of the vehicles he used and contrasts starkly with the enormous sums expended on running the court stables or on his personal security when he was out driving
Franz Joseph (1.6 MB)vintage photograph, after 1900
© Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H.
Featuring original state coaches, magnificent trappings, exquisite gala dress and court liveries, this part of the Emperor Franz Joseph centenary exhibition will illustrate not only various ceremonial events such as state visits, celebrations of the imperial orders or the Corpus Christi procession but also how carriages were used in everyday activities. In addition, three major ceremonial events from the monarch’s long life will be focused on: his wedding to Elisabeth (1854), his coronation in Hungary (1867) and his funeral (1916). Many bystanders at the time felt they were witnessing not only the funeral of a long-serving monarch but the demise of an entire epoch.
FRANZ JOSEPH SONDERAUSSTELLUNG
Anlässlich des 100. Todestages von Kaiser Franz Joseph findet an 4 Standorten in Wien und Niederösterreich (Schloß Schönbrunn, Hofmobiliendepot ● Möbelmuseum Wien, Kaiserliche Wagenburg Wien und Schloss Niederweiden) eine Sonderausstellung statt, die sich kritisch mit der Person des Kaisers auseinandersetzt.
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