Tag: Art history
For the 6th International Day of Provenance Research – Munich
Although the processing of art and cultural assets that were unjustly confiscated or expropriated during the National Socialist or colonial era is still laborious, progress is being made. Today, hardly…
Contemporary art on a gigantic ex-Nazi site? “I get nervous” – Bavaria
A huge art area in Nuremberg exactly where the Nazis wanted to surpass the Colosseum in Rome with gigantomania? The thought makes the art historian Wolfgang Brauneis nervous. He fears…
Between myth and cliché – Ignacio Zuloaga’s pictures. – Munich
Three women stand in the foreground, wearing flowing dresses and elaborate headdresses. The yellow-brown landscape in the background is barren, only a few people or horses can be seen. The…
Notre-Dame: How a Franconian helps to rebuild the symbol of the French – Bavaria
Stephan Albrecht is an art history professor in Bamberg. He was awarded the French Ministerial Order of Arts and Literature for his help in the reconstruction of Notre-Dame. A conversation…
Holbein in Frankfurt: Under the cloak of the Madonna
A Frankfurt exhibition shows Renaissance art from Augsburg and celebrates the emigrant Hans Holbein the Younger. His father left a more difficult legacy. source site
Exhibition about Rolf Cavael in the Aschenbrenner Museum – Bavaria
Rolf Cavael was a brave man. In 1932, the artist dared to publicly contradict Joseph Goebbels at a meeting of the “Battle League for German Culture” when he agitated against…
Art: When Switzerland came into fashion
An exhibition in Winterthur explores what is international about Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes. source site
Art detectives at work: Cranach or not? – Bavaria
Bettbrunn? Never heard. Lucas Cranach? But yes! Those who do not regularly go on a pilgrimage to Bettbrunn will probably not be familiar with the parish village in the Köschinger…
Podcast tips in July: Podcasts about art – media
Banksy – rebellion or kitsch? ardaudiothek.de In the shadow of the night, under the cloak of his hoody, he creates masterpieces of street art: Banksy, the legendary street artist, has…
Albrecht Dürer’s rhinoceros – the secret of a famous work of art – Society
The rhinos are loose in Nuremberg. Since last July, the Germanic National Museum has been paying homage to the “miraculous rhinoceros”. At the center of the beautiful studio exhibition, which…