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)
- 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 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
Books about German Art
Modern Worlds: Austrian and German Art, 1890-1940 (Affiliate-Link),
Price, Renée, Prestel Verlag, Gebundene Ausgabe, 3791379283, 22,73 €
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 €
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 €
Holbein: The German Raphael (Basic Art) (Affiliate-Link),
Wolf, Norbert, TASCHEN, Gebundene Ausgabe, 383656372X, 15,00 €
Leonardo da Vinci. Die Zeichnung der Wahrheit: Ein faszinierendes Buch über Leonardo da Vinci für Kinder und junge Leser, das sein Leben, seine Kunst ... erkundet. (INSIDE ART - German Edition) (Affiliate-Link),
Russo, Prof Roberto, Independently published, Taschenbuch, , 11,90 €
The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570 (Affiliate-Link),
Meyer, Joachim, Frontline Books, Taschenbuch, 1526771101, 29,99 €
DDR Poster. 130 Propagandabilder, Werbe- und künstlerische Plakate von den 40er- bis Ende der 80er-Jahre illustrieren die Geschichte des Kalten ... / The Art of East German Propaganda (Affiliate-Link),
Heather, David, Bassermann Verlag, Broschiert, 3809441619, 12,99 €
The Art of German Cooking and Baking (Affiliate-Link),
Susan R. Huffman, Global Book Company, Taschenbuch, 1835524907, 12,99 €
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