Arts
Art in Germany: Architecture, Literature, German Painting and MusicGerman 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
Famous Architects and Styles
- Bauhaus (Walter Gropius)
- Frey-Otto - Architect of the Olympia Stadium in Munich
- List of German Architects
German Literature
- famous authors:
- Klassik:
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller (1759-1815)
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803)
- Books about German Classic
- Clemens Brentano, Achim von Armin, Heinrich Heine
- Modern: Günther Grass, Heinrich Böll, Siegfried Lenz
- others: Karl May, Michael Ende, Erich Kästner
- and actual authors: Bernhard Schlink, Claudia Funke, Frank Schätzing, Daniel Kehlman
- Grimm's Fairy Tales in German
- German and other sayings in German Visit the German Bookshop
- Klassik:
German Painting
- Middle Age:
- Dürer
- Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)
- Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586)
- 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, …
German Music
Here are two stores 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
Books about German
Visit my German Music Shop