Journal | MDCCC 1800
Journal issue | 12 | 2023
Research Article | «A traveller’s tales»: prassi disegnativa e teorie estetiche di Solomon Caesar Malan
«A traveller’s tales»: prassi disegnativa e teorie estetiche di Solomon Caesar Malan
Abstract
This article aims to investigate the figure of Solomon Caesar Malan (1812‑94) from a sole art-historical perspective. Malan was a linguist and theologian of the first rank and undertook many journeys between Europe and Asia to deepen his knowledge of languages. These journeys were documented by him with a collection of around 1,600 sketches and watercolours, assembled in ten albums. The observation of Malan’s travel drawings and the combined reading of his Aphorisms on Drawing, published in 1856, reveal a personality who was deeply immersed in the critical debate of his time, with a modern and personal conception of art, expressed first on a practical level and then on a theoretical level, but continuously inspired by a profound spirituality.
Submitted: March 14, 2023 | Accepted: April 19, 2023 | Published Dec. 4, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Aphorisms on Drawing • Harding • Ruskin • Solomon Caesar Malan • Landscape
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/MDCCC/2280-8841/2023/01/004
