Aristoteles
Aristoteles stands in Freiburg im Breisgau’s Altstadt, outside Kollegiengebäude I at the University of Freiburg. Cipri Adolf Bermann shaped this bronze figure in 1915. The sculpture presents the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, whose work reached across philosophy and science.
Bermann completed the work in his Munich studio alongside a sculpture of Homer. Together, the two figures stand at the university entrance and represent its academic disciplines. Hermann Billing designed the Jugendstil building, which opened in 1911. A bomb attack damaged the portal in 1917, delaying installation until July 1921.
Bronze gives the figure a lasting presence beside Freiburg’s historic university building. Aristotle therefore meets you at a doorway shared with Homer.
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