Arts

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

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)
  • 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

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

• Bücherstube

• 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 Art

Modern Worlds: Austrian and German Art, 1890-1940 (Affiliate-Link),
Price, Renée, Prestel Verlag, Gebundene Ausgabe, 3791379283, 21,90 €

Before the Fall: German and Austrian Art of the 1930s (Affiliate-Link),
Peters, Olaf, Prestel Verlag, Gebundene Ausgabe, 3791357603, 29,95 €

German Vintage Poster Art: Masterpieces of Early 20th Century Graphic Design (Affiliate-Link),
Mock, Patrik Martin, KUNSTWERKSTATT STUDIO PUBLICATIONS, Gebundene Ausgabe, 3982727138, 25,57 €

On the German Art of War: Truppenf++Hrung: German Army Manual for Unit Command in World War II (Military History) (Affiliate-Link),
Condell, Bruce, Stackpole Books, Taschenbuch, 0811735524, 18,57 €

German Expressionist Woodcuts (Collections of Fine Art in Dover Books) (Affiliate-Link),
Weller, Shane, Dover Publications Inc., Taschenbuch, 0486280691, 13,79 €

German Design 1949–1989: Two Countries, One History (Affiliate-Link),
Vitra Design Museum; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Wüstenrot Stiftung, Vitra Design Museum, Taschenbuch, 3945852447, 59,90 €

German Colonialism in Africa and its Legacies: Architecture, Art, Urbanism, and Visual Culture (Visual Cultures and German Contexts) (Affiliate-Link),
Osayimwese, Itohan, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Taschenbuch, 1350326208, 36,15 €

Contemporary Scenography: Practices and Aesthetics in German Theatre, Arts and Design (Performance and Design) (Affiliate-Link),
Wiens, Birgit E., Methuen Drama, Taschenbuch, 1350194867, 29,90 €