by Mariano Akerman
Medieval sculpture. Last Judgement Tympanum: The Damned, Bamberg cathedral, 13th century
Gothic sculpture. Master Heinrich of Constance, The Visitation, c. 1310-20. Polychrome walnut, with gilding and rock crystal cabechons. German sculpture, from Katharienenthal Abbey, Switzerland. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Stephen Lochner, The Madonna in the Rose Bower (Maria am Rosenhag), 1448. Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Medieval print. Hartmann Schedel, The Monstrous Races: "Blemmyae," from Liber chronicarum (Die Schedelsche Weltchronik, Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten von Hartmann Schedel), woodcut, 1493
Renaissance painting. Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1498
Renaissance print. Moses leads the Children of Israel through the Red Sea, from The Luther Bible, Germany, c. 1530
Christoph Jamnitzer, Neuw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques), Nuremberg 1610
Friedrich Unteutsch, Gristly Motif (Knorpelwerk), engraving, 1650
Johann Heinrich Keller, Cartilaginous Grotesque (Knorpelgroteske), engraving, 1680
Rococo engraving. Johann Georg Hertel (after Jeremias Wachsmuth), Winter, Rococo Music, Fancy Dress Ball, etching, 1750-60
Romanticism. Runge, Self-Portrait, oil, 1810
Caspar David Friedrich, The Wreck of Hope, oil, 1823-4. Hamburger Kunsthalle
Realism. Karl Edouard Biermann, Borsig Engineering Work in Berlin (Borsig's Maschinenbau-Anstalt zu Berlin), oil, 1847. Stadtmuseum Berlin
Impressionism. Max Liebermann, Country Tavern at Brannenburg, oil, 1893. Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Jugendstil (Art Nouveau). Ephraim Lilien, "The Covenant of Abraham," Die Bücher der Bible, 1908
Expressionism 1. Die Brücke (The Bridge). Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Girl from Kowno (Madchen aus Kowno), woodcut, 1918. Brücke Museum, Berlin
Expressionism 2. Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). Franz Mark, The White Bull (detail from Cattle), oil, 1913
Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). George Grosz, Café Megalomania, pen and ink, 1915. Galerie St. Etienne, New York
Dada. John Heartfield, Dada Photomontage, 1917
Social Realism. Käthe Kollwitz, The Mothers, woodcut, 1921
Surreal sculpture. Meret Oppenheim, Object (Breakfast in Fur), 1936. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Surreal collage. Max Ernst, She looked slightly like a horse, 1937
Bauhaus. Mies van der Rohe, Model for a Glass Skycreaper (Maquette Glazen Wolkenkrabber), 1922
Totalitarian propaganda. Modern art presented as DEGENERATE "ART" (Entartete "Kunst"). Catalog of Munich 1937 exhibition features on its cover a sculpture by German expressionist artist Otto Freundlich, The New Man (Der neue Mensch), 1912
Karl Schwesig, "Anyone could participate in the beatings," from the Drumstick Cellar (Schlegelkeller−Zyklus), 1935-37. A pen and ink drawing from his (now mostly lost) 48-images series. Düsseldorf Stadtmuseum
John Heartfield, And Yet It Moves, photomontage, 1943
Andreas Paul Weber, March into the Grave, lithograph, 1932
Informalism. Abstract painting by Hans Hartung
Ernst Kahl, The Fighting Dog (Der Kampfhund), on the cover of In the refrigerator light still burns (Im Kühlschrank brennt noch Licht), record, 1996
Anselm Kiefer, Margarete (Dein goldenes Haar, Margarethe), mixed media, 1981
Above-featured artworks were explored by Mariano Akerman along the series of educational lectures and workshops Shape and Meaning, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, November-December 2010
1. Looking at Pictures and Learning from Art
Islamabad College for Girls, 23 November 2010
2. The Grotesque in German Art. Its Nature, Transformations and Importance in Aesthetics
Islamabad College for Girls, 8 December 2010
3. Modern Art
Post-Graduate College for Women, Rawalpindi, 9 December 2010
4. The Bible and the Visual Arts
Khatoon-e-Fatima School, Islamabad, 10 December 2010
5. Bible-inspired Symbolism in German Art
Khatoon-e-Fatima School, Islamabad, 14 December 2010
1. Looking at Pictures and Learning from Art
Islamabad College for Girls, 23 November 2010
2. The Grotesque in German Art. Its Nature, Transformations and Importance in Aesthetics
Islamabad College for Girls, 8 December 2010
3. Modern Art
Post-Graduate College for Women, Rawalpindi, 9 December 2010
4. The Bible and the Visual Arts
Khatoon-e-Fatima School, Islamabad, 10 December 2010
5. Bible-inspired Symbolism in German Art
Khatoon-e-Fatima School, Islamabad, 14 December 2010
Shape and Meaning: The German Contribution to the Visual Arts - Five Educational Lectures by Mariano Akerman, German Embassy Islamabad, 3.1.2011, Education & Culture
More on famous German artists:
Albrecht Dürer
Anton Raphael Mengs
Caspar David Friedrich
Max Liebermann
Franz Marc
Max Ernst
Paul Klee
Kathe Kollwitz
Hans Hartung
Anselm Kiefer
10 comments:
Hola Mariano. Me has dado un gran regalo al aparecer por mi página. Tambien te doy las gracias por el vídeo de Amelie, me encantan su sonrisa picarona.
Veo que sigues con tu Arte por todo el mundo. me alegra mucho saber de tí. Yo tambien te he recordado con afecto.
Gracias de nuevo y un beso.
Te envío un afectuoso saludo y mis mejores deseos para el año por comenzar. Hasta pronto.
Dear Mariano,
Everything looks nice! Sehr schön!
Wonderful.
Thanks! Jenny Naseem
Me alegro mucho Mariano! Estás haciendo cosas que te gustan y eso es muy lindo.
Besos
Mariano, querido, tu tarea es incansable. Te deseo los mayores éxitos. Un gran beso y abrazo, Liber
Te felicito. Cuando veo tus fotos pienso que sos un triunfador. Un verdadero triunfador. Todo mi respeto y mi cariño
This selection is simply great. It is is a very important mission that you took over and did it so well... congratulations.
Es fantástico. Comprendo muy bien de que amas el país donde vives y su gente. A seguir con tus trabajos maravillosos por la humanidad. Y sobre todo, sigue inspirando la gente.
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