National Gallery of Denmark presents Details, an exhibition on view through 17 March 2013.
Joakim Skovgaard. Drawing after Plaster Cast. A Foot, 1870s
Small things steal the show in the National Gallery of Denmark’s new exhibition, which zooms in on the significance of details. Combining well-known works with rarely-seen curiosities this autumn’s exhibition at the Royal Collection of Graphic Art addresses the function and status of details in art from the 18th century to the 1930s.
Featuring more than 80 drawings, paintings, and graphic works from the National Gallery of Denmark and other Danish museums the exhibition calls attention to details in works by e.g. Vilhelm Hammershøi, Christen Købke, Caspar David Friedrich, Richard Mortensen, and Franciska Clausen. The exhibits are arranged in accordance with chronology and themes across six exhibition rooms. Here, close readings of selected examples demonstrate how details have been perceived and used by artists through the ages. – www.smk.dk