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| Title: | Pictorial. Remain(s). Hidden. Archives. On the Personal Picture Archive
of the German Historian Reinhart Koselleck (1923-2006) |
| Authors: | Markantonatos, Adriana |
| Keywords: | Koselleck, Reinhart
photography
photo archives
Bildarchiv Foto Marburg |
| Issue Date: | 24-Feb-2011 |
| Abstract: | Reinhart Koselleck (1923-2006) was the first chairholder for the theory
of history in Germany and he is still considered one of the most
important international conceptual historians. The name Koselleck often
seems to be equivalent to the standard work 'Geschichtliche
Grundbegriffe. Historisches Lexikon zur politisch-sozialen
Sprache'(edited by Otto Brunner, Werner Conze and Reinhart Koselleck,
1972-1997). Not quite as well-known as this is that already since the
early 1960s--so before the actual renaissance of what today is
associated with 'iconology' connected to the names of Aby Warburg and
Erwin Panofsky--Koselleck had been intensely dealing with 'visual
artifacts', in particular with memorials. Apart from language Koselleck
considered pictures to be an indispensable and important factor
concerning historical understanding and political communication. Since
2009 Koselleck's picture archive is now being stored by the German
Documentation Centre for Art History--Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, whereas
his actual scholarly bequest has been acquired by the German Literature
Archive. In cooperation, both institutions are going to make Koselleck's
remains available for research and initiate their own research projects.
By the scientific inventory of both written and pictorial bequest in its
medial entirety the cooperating institutions aim to establish
integrative text- and picture-based research. Reinhart Koselleck's
remains at the German Documentation Centre for Art History--Bildarchiv
Foto Marburg consist of a comprehensive picture collection which is
supplemented by thematically corresponding text material and a library.
The complex stock of about thirty thousand pictures, which Koselleck had
been collecting rather 'hidden' at the basement of his private home
since the early 1960s till his death, primarily includes photographs,
drawings and notes taken by Koselleck himself, mainly dealing with the
history of European war memorials and equestrian monuments. By this
rather idiosyncratic collection of snap shots, press-cuttings and
picture postcards Koselleck underlined his manifold interdisciplinary
interest in the political power of pictures, even reaching into everyday
culture. Though some of Koselleck's investigations on political
iconology have been published and several conferences have taken place,
his pictorial remains indicate that most of his theoretical
considerations and photographic reflections have 'remained hidden' and
are now waiting to be revealed. |
| Description: | Conference paper presented March 25-26, 2011. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/29912 |
| Appears in Collections: | Photo Archives and the Photographic Memory of Art History, part III
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