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, 21,94 €

Deutsche Malerei | German Painting. Memo: Mit 36 Werken von Dürer bis Baselitz | Matching Game with 36 works of art from Dürer to Baselitz (Affiliate-Link),
E.A. Seemann Verlag, E.A. Seemann in E.A. Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG, Postkartenbuch, , 16,00 €

Short Stories in German: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn German the fun way! (Teach Yourself Short Stories) (Affiliate-Link),
Richards, Olly, Hodder And Stoughton Ltd., Taschenbuch, 9781473683372, 9,39 €

Home-Made Bread: Mastering the art of german bread baking (Affiliate-Link),
Longin, Prof Friedrich, Independently published, Taschenbuch, , 10,69 €

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

Wassily Kandinsky. Die Ritterreise: Inklusives Kunstlernen für Kinder und Erwachsene: Ein lehrreiches und fesselndes Buch über Formen und Farben (INSIDE ART - German Edition) (Affiliate-Link),
Russo, Prof Roberto, Independently published, Taschenbuch, , 12,90 €

The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570 (Affiliate-Link),
Meyer, Joachim, Frontline Books, Taschenbuch, 1526771101, 29,99 €

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 €