Illustreret Tidende
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Illustreret Tidende was a Danish weekly illustrated magazine published from 1859–1924 with international news, literature and entertainment content.
It was founded by O.H. Delbanco with inspiration from similar magazines elsewhere, like the German Illustrierte Zeitung and the English Illustrated London News
. The first issue stated the raison d'être of the magazine: "a weekly report on important events and contemporary celebrities, novels, stories, traveller's stories, and other contents from science, literatur, art and industry". The target group was the bourgeoisie and academics.
The painter Otto Baches illustrations from the Danish-German war in 1864 were a break-through into mainstream for the magazine. All the illustrations were compiled into a special issue in 1964 comprising two hundred woodcut
s of this important conflict, which dealt a fatal blow to the Danish identity of being a major European military power.
Many young talents joined the magazine, e.g. Georg Brandes
in 1862.
It was founded by O.H. Delbanco with inspiration from similar magazines elsewhere, like the German Illustrierte Zeitung and the English Illustrated London News
Illustrated London News
The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper; the first issue appeared on Saturday 14 May 1842. It was published weekly until 1971 and then increasingly less frequently until publication ceased in 2003.-History:...
. The first issue stated the raison d'être of the magazine: "a weekly report on important events and contemporary celebrities, novels, stories, traveller's stories, and other contents from science, literatur, art and industry". The target group was the bourgeoisie and academics.
The painter Otto Baches illustrations from the Danish-German war in 1864 were a break-through into mainstream for the magazine. All the illustrations were compiled into a special issue in 1964 comprising two hundred woodcut
Woodcut
Woodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges...
s of this important conflict, which dealt a fatal blow to the Danish identity of being a major European military power.
Many young talents joined the magazine, e.g. Georg Brandes
Georg Brandes
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. He is seen as the theorist behind the "Modern Breakthrough" of Scandinavian culture...
in 1862.
Sources
- Thomas Thomsen: Dengang i Rom. Træsnit og tekst fra Illustreret Tidende 1850-1900, Forlaget Mellemgaard 2008
- A highly detailed review of the magazine's contents is available in:
- Nanna Johnsen, Marianne Duelund, Lis Frederiksen og Hanne Lund: Illustreret Tidende : illustrationer af danske lokaliteter.En topografisk fortegnelse 1-2, København 1983-89.
External links
- Digitalized full version of Illustreret Tidende available at Royal Danish Library.