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The Glyptothek (German: [ɡlʏptoˈteːk] ⓘ) is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures (hence γλυπτο- glypto-"sculpture", from the Greek verb γλύφειν glyphein "to carve" and the noun θήκη "container").
Heinrich Bulle argued in a catalogue of the display pieces of the Munich Glyptothek that the Old Drunkard was conceived as an artistic exercise and was created for the garden of a rich and whimsical worshiper of Dionysos. [7] In the 1970s interpretations which stressed the socially problematic nature of the figure prevailed.
Staatliche Antikensammlungen The Führerbau ca. 2024. Königsplatz (German: [ˈkøːnɪçsˌplats], King's Square) is a square in Munich, Germany.Built in the style of European Neoclassicism in the 19th century, it displays the Propyläen Gate and, facing each other, the Glyptothek (archeological museum) and the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (art museum).
The Medusa Rondanini is located in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany, [1] having been purchased by the art-loving king Ludwig of Bavaria from the heirs of the marchese Rondanini, during his Grand Tour of Italy as a prince.
The Staatliche Antikensammlungen (German: [ˈʃtaːtlɪçə anˈtiːkənˌzamlʊŋən], State Collections of Antiquities) is a museum in Munich's Kunstareal holding Bavaria's collections of antiquities from Greece, Etruria and Rome, though the sculpture collection is located in the Glyptothek opposite, and works created in Bavaria are on display in a separate museum. [1]
Glyptothek, Munich The life-size [ 1 ] ancient but much restored marble statue known as the Barberini Faun , Fauno Barberini or Drunken Satyr is now in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany . A faun is the Roman equivalent of a Greek satyr .
Munich Glyptothek, c. 1900. A glyptotheque is a collection of sculptures.It is part of the name of several museums and art galleries. The designation glyptotheque was coined by the librarian of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, derived from the Ancient Greek verb glyphein (γλύφειν), meaning "cut into stone".
Munich Kouros The large, grave statue of a youth from Attica known as the Munich Kouros is located in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany , under inventory number 169. The Kouros was acquired by the Glyptothek in 1910.