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

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 €

Vincent van Gogh. Die Palette der Seele: Illustrierte Bücher für Kinder | Leben und Werke des Künstlers Erzählt mit Geschichten und Kreativen Aktivitäten (INSIDE ART - German Edition) (Affiliate-Link),
Russo, Roberto, Independently published, Taschenbuch, , 12,73 €

The Art of Combat: A German Martial Arts Treatise of 1570 (Affiliate-Link),
Meyer, Joachim, Frontline Books, Taschenbuch, 1526771101, 20,04 €

German for Artists (Affiliate-Link),
Stine Marie Jacobsen, Holten, John, Taschenbuch, 3943196313, 3,99 €

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 €

German Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook (Learn German with Teach Yourself): Advanced beginner to upper intermediate course (Tutors) (Affiliate-Link),
Kreutner, Edith, Teach Yourself, Taschenbuch, 9781473609785, 23,99 €

German Art History and Scientific Thought: Beyond Formalism (Affiliate-Link),
Frank, Mitchell B., Routledge, Taschenbuch, 1138254797, 56,63 €

German Expressionism: Documents from the End of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Rise of National Socialism (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art) (Affiliate-Link),
Long, Rose-Carol Washton Washton, University of California Press, Taschenbuch, 0520202643, 37,40 €