Terracotta Sculpture on the Riga Stock Exchange Façade: Interpretation of Content and Form: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis

Ojārs Spāritis

doi:10.37522/aaav.104.2022.96

Terracotta Sculpture on the Riga Stock Exchange Façade: Interpretation of Content and Form

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis

Authors

Ojārs Spāritis Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-5798

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.104.2022.96

Keywords:

architecture, sculpture, terracotta, Harald Bosse, David Jensen, allegory, emblem

Abstract

The article discusses sculptural decoration of the façades of the Riga Stock Exchange building (1852–1860, architect Harald Bosse), which consists of terracotta sculptures and medallions with emblematic and allegorical content created in the workshop of the Danish sculptor David Jensen in St. Petersburg. When developing the design of the Stock Exchange building in the Venetian Renaissance forms, the architect Harald Bosse intended to enrich its façades with sculptures and reliefs illustrative of the Riga Stock Exchange transactions.

Author Biography

Ojārs Spāritis, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

PhD, is a Professor of Art History at the Latvian Academy of Arts and member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (president 2012–2020). He specializes in the art history and theory of the Renaissance and investigates aspects of the Reformation in the former Livonia. He is an ex pert in the protection and restoration of cultural monuments.

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Published

17/05/2021

How to Cite

Spāritis, O. (2021). Terracotta Sculpture on the Riga Stock Exchange Façade: Interpretation of Content and Form: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, (104), 126–145. https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.104.2022.96

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Issue

No. 104 (2022): Architectural Ceramics: Finish Materials, Functional Equipment, Artworks

Section

Articles