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Tag Archives: Germany
1925: Instead All Joy is Snatched Away
Harry Clarke: Illustration for Goethe’s Faust (1925) Faust: Ah! Now I’ve done Philosophy, I’ve finished Law and Medicine, And sadly even Theology: Taken fierce pains, from end to end. Now here I am, a fool for sure! No wiser than … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Books, Drama, Drawing, Germany, Harry Clarke, Ireland, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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1974: I Like America and America Likes Me
For his 1974 conceptual art piece I Like America and America Likes Me, the German artist Joseph Beuys flew to New York City and, wrapped in felt, was driven in an ambulance to the Rene Block Gallery. There, he spent … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Animals, Conceptual Art, Coyotes, Germany, Joseph Beuys, USA
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1997: Equal Height
Hans Hemmert’s art installation level (1997) consists of a shelf of platforms that guests attach to their shoes so that everyone is two meters tall (about 6′ 7″).
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Tagged 20th Century, Conceptual Art, Germany, Hans Hemmert, Shoes
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1927: Death to the Machines!
This program for the London premiere of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in 1927 includes a comparison, in parallel columns, of the novel and the screenplay, both of which were written by by Lang’s collaborator (and wife) Thea von Harbou. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Ephemera, Film, Fritz Lang, Germany, Novels, Prose, Science Fiction, Socialism & Communism, Thea von Harbou, Women
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1920’s: Portraits
Winold Reiss: Turtle (1920) Japanese Student II (1925) Nenauaki , Queen Woman (1928) Harlem Girl I (1925)
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Tagged 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Germany, Japan, Native Americans, Painting, USA, Winold Reiss, Women
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1928: What Work Is
August Sandler: Bricklayer (1928) (source)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, August Sandler, Germany, Labor, Photography
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17th Century: Werewolf on Trial
Sennertus [Daniel Sennert, 1572–1637], on the authority of a respectable man, informs us that a certain woman was apprehended on the suspicion that she was a werewolf; which she also acknowledged. The magistrate promised to spare her life, provided she … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 17th Century, 19th Century, Belgium, Frans Synders, Germany, Monsters, P. I. Begbie, Peter Paul Rubens, Sennertus, Trials, Werewolves
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1991: Won’t Get Off the Ground
Anselm Kiefer: Melancholia (1990-1991). Made of lead, glass, steel, and ash. Found here.
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Tagged 20th Century, Airplanes, Anselm Kiefer, Germany, Melancholy, Mental Health
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2014: These Cinder Blocks Are Made of Buildings
Evol: Blocked Delivery (2014) See more here.
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