Arts

Art in Germany: Architecture, Literature, German Painting and Music

German Architecture

famous cathedrals:
- romanic: Cologne (Köln) (the biggest in Germany and one of the biggest in the world - see picture), Speyer, Worms, Mainz, Münster, Hildesheim, Paderborn
- gothic: Freiburg i.B., Ulm (the highest in the world)
- baroc: Wieskirch, Frauenkirche (Munich)
- Books about German Cathedrals
castles: Neuschwanstein (Bavaria), Hohenschwangau (Bavaria), Charlottenburger Schloß (Berlin), Sanssousi (Potsdam), Burg Elz (an der Mosel), Feste Königsstein (near Dresden)
Books about German Castles
nice old cities: Rothenburg o.d.T., Dinkelsbühl, Celle, Detmold, Lemgo

Expressionism: Max Beckmann, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Paul Klee, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, August Macke, Franz Marc, Otto Modersohn, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Otto Müller, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Schmidt-Rottluff

Visit the German Bookshop to look for books about these architects, authors, painters, musicians, …

Here is one store where you can get German music'(christmas, popular, folk, marching music etc.) in the USA:

famous composers:
If you are interested in a CD from one of these composers look here.
- early music: Telemann, Hummel
- Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Schumann, ….
- Henze
German songs at Deutschsprachiges Liederverzeichnis
Blues in Germany

Visit my German Music Shop

Modern Worlds: Austrian and German Art, 1890-1940 (Affiliate-Link),
Price, Renée, Prestel Verlag, Gebundene Ausgabe, 3791379283, 21,94 €

Dürer's Fight Book: The Genius of the German Renaissance and His Combat Treatise (Affiliate-Link),
Hagedorn, Dierk, Greenhill Books, Gebundene Ausgabe, 1784387037, 27,97 €

On the German Art of War: Truppenfuhrung (Affiliate-Link),
Condell, Bruce, Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc, Gebundene Ausgabe, 1555879969, 62,86 €

Holbein: The German Raphael (Basic Art) (Affiliate-Link),
Wolf, Norbert, TASCHEN, Gebundene Ausgabe, 383656372X, 15,00 €