The Emergence of a Modern City: Golden Age Copenhagen 1800-1850

192 Pages·2014·2.586 MB·English

by  Henriette Steiner

The emergence of a modern ciTy
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The emergence of a modern city
golden age copenhagen 1800–1850
henrieTTe STeiner
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
© henriette Steiner 2014
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ISBN 978-1-4724-1325-3 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-4724-1326-0 (ebook) 1.
Copenhagen (Denmark)--Social conditions--19th century. 2. Copenhagen (Denmark)--
In literature. 3. Hansen, Christian Frederik, 1756-1845--Criticism and interpretation. I.
Title.
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Contents
List of Figures vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
1 Situating Golden Age Copenhagen 19
Arrival in the City 21
The Case of Golden Age Copenhagen 38
Urban Institutions in the New City: Re-configuration as
Re-orientation 42
2 Narratives of Urban Life 65
Seduced by the City, or the Diary of an Attendant in Copenhagen 71
A Room But No View: Staging the Bourgeois Home 85
In and Against the Institutions: Love and Pleasure in Golden Age
Copenhagen 99
3 Kierkegaard’s Copenhagen and Philosophies of the
Modern City 117
In the Crowd and in the Garden: The City in the Mirror 120
The One and the Many, or the Life of the City 129
Spaces of Transition in Copenhagen: Kierkegaard, Voegelin,
and the Modern Urban Situation 139
Epilogue: On the City as World 151
List of References 159
Index 169
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List of Figures
1.1 From W. Schorn, Da Voldene Stod (Copenhagen: Gyldendal,
1905), lithograph. Credit: owned by author. 23
1.2 Nicolai Severin Sterm, Kaart over Kjöbenhavn, hand coloured
lithography, 1839. Credit: The Royal Library. See book cover for
colour reproduction. 28
1.3 Constantin Hansen, A Group of Danish Artists in Rome, painting,
1837. Credit: National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 29
1.4 N.N., Market on Nytorv, photography, undated. Credit: Museum of
Copenhagen. 31
1.5 J.P. Lund. Admiralgade set fra Holmens Kanal mod Nikolais
Kirketårn, c. 1860. Credit: Københavns Bymuseum. 32
1.6 Wilhelm Marstrand, Musikalsk Soiré hos Vinhandler, Etatsraad
Chr. Waagepetersen, painting, 1834. Credit: The Museum of
National History, Frederiksborg Castle. 36
1.7 Christen Købke, Christen, View of a Street in Østerbro outside
Copenhagen. Morning Light, painting, 1836. Credit: National
Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 39
1.8 Ferdinand Larsen, Vor Frue Kirke, lithograph, after 1807. Credit:
The Royal Library. 45
1.9 Emil Bærentzen, Vor Frue Kirkes Indre, lithograph, undated.
Credit: owned by author. 46
1.10 N.N. Christiansborg Palace, lithograph, undated. Credit: owned
by author. 47
1.11 N.N. Christiansborg Palace, Riddersalen, lithograph, undated.
Credit: owned by author. 48
1.12 C.F. Hansen. København, Nytorv, Raad- og Domhuset, Façade,
drawing, undated. Credit: Danish National Art Library. 49
1.13 C.F. Hansen. København, Nytorv, Raad- og Domhuset, perspektiv
gennem Slutterigade, watercolour, undated. Credit: Danish
National Art Library. 50
1.14 J.P. Lund. Nørregade, set fra Vor Frue Kirke mod Gl. Torv,
drawing, c. 1840. Credit: Museum of Copenhagen. 51
1.15 C.F. Hansen. Nienstedten, Elbchaussee 372, Baur’s Landhus,
Façade, drawing, 1804-1806. Credit: Danish National Art Library. 55
1.16 Frederik Sødring, The ‘Summer Spire’ on the Chalk Cliffs of the
Island Møn. Moonlight, painting, 1831. Credit: National Gallery of
Denmark, www.smk.dk. 58
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1.17 Johan Thomas Lundbye, Zealand Landscape. Open Country
in North Zealand, painting, 1842. Credit: National Gallery of
Denmark, www.smk.dk. 59
1.18 Christen Købke, A View from Dosseringen near the Sortedam Lake
Looking towards Nørrebro outside Copenhagen, painting, 1838.
Credit: National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 60
1.19 Christen Købke, View from a Window in Toldbodvej Looking
Towards the Citadel in Copenhagen, painting, c. 1833. Credit:
National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 61
2.1 Vase with an Image of Søren Kierkegaard’s property on Nytorv.
Credit: Museum of Copenhagen. 73
2.2 E. Bærentzen. Gammeltorv seen from Nytorv, drawing, c. 1850.
Credit: The Royal Library. 75
2.3 Martinus Rørbye, Arrestbygningen ved råd- og domhuset, painting,
1832. Credit: National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 77
2.4 Peter Klæstrup. Peder Madsens Gang, 1877, lithograph. Credit:
owned by author. 81
2.5 C.W. Eckersberg, At a Window in the Artist’s Studio, drawing,
1852. Credit: National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 90
2.6 Martinus Rørbye, View from the Artist’s Window, painting,
c. 1825. Credit: National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 91
2.7 C.W. Eckersberg, Mendel Levin Nathanson’s Elder Daughters,
Bella and Hanna, painting, 1820. Credit: National Gallery of
Denmark, www.smk.dk. 93
2.8 Constantin Hansen. En husmoder ved sin båndvæv taler med to
børn, painting, 1859. Credit: National Gallery of Denmark, www.
smk.dk. 94
2.9 W. Bendz. Familien Waagepetersen, painting, 1830. Credit:
National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 96
2.10 Wilhelm Marstrand. Frierens besøg, painting, 1857. Credit:
National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 98
2.11 Peter Klæstrup. Christmas’s Dandsebod, 1870, lithograph. Credit:
owned by author. 102
2.12 Peter Klæstrup. Stokhuset, 1870, lithograph. Credit: owned by
author. 106
2.13 Peter Klæstrup. Kagstrygning, 1870, lithograph. Credit: owned by
author. 107
2.14 Ole Kollerød, Råd- og Domhuset, drawing, 1840. Credit: The
Royal Library. 110
3.1 C.W. Eckersberg, Langebro i måneskin, painting, 1836. Credit:
National Gallery of Denmark, www.smk.dk. 141
Acknowledgements
In researching, writing and preparing this book, I was privileged to work with a
number of individuals who generously offered both their expertise and time. First
and foremost I would like to thank Peter Carl, my PhD supervisor at the University
of Cambridge, without his guidance and intellectual generosity this research
never would have come into being. I also am grateful to a number of friends and
colleagues including Amanda, Kristin, Lisa, Lene, Lone, Martin and Samantha
who each read several sections of the text and offered invaluable help and advice
at different stages of the process. I also would like to thank Rachel Malkin who
conscientiously copy-edited the manuscript and my editor Valerie Rose at Ashgate
for her enthusiasm and help. Over the years during which this research developed,
many others have shared their ideas and advice and I would like to thank everyone
who has contributed to this work. To Matthias, my two children and to my family
I owe gratitude for their love and support in both tangible and intangible ways.
While I was preparing this manuscript, a dear friend, Lisa Smirl, passed away.
I would like to dedicate this book to her.