Art and artists

It touches, polarizes, informs, criticizes, entertains – and sometimes it is simply beautiful to look at. We are talking about art, one of the oldest expressions of man kind. Learn about art and its history through selected objects, articles and virtual exhibitions or learn more about selected artists with the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek!

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Das Schöne in Stich und Schrift. Zum 100. Geburtstag des Künstlers Otto Rohse

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Narrating Cultural Heritage: The Artist Gertrude Sandmann

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Urformen. Eiszeitkunst zum Anfassen

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Memory & Co: Famous sculptures and statues

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Ostracised, Persecuted, Destroyed – “Degenerate Art” in National Socialism

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On a cultural trip with the German Digital Library - Famous museum buildings and their stories

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Seascapes

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Steppenwolf und Malerfreund. Gunter Böhmer illustriert Hermann Hesse

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Expressionism

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Heinrich Zille‘s Berlin

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Cabinets of Curiosities

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Albrecht Altdorfer. Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik aus dem Berliner Kupferstichkabinett

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Wilhelm Dreesen – The Forgotten Photographer

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Albrecht Dürer – 500 Jahre Meisterstiche

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Lutherbilder. Martin Luther in Bildern seiner Zeit - Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik aus dem

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Black lives in Europe. The stories and achievements of Black figures from the past to the present

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Michaela Meise. Arbeiten auf Papier

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Peter Schnatz. Schwarz als Farbe

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Arthur Storch (1870-1947). Ein Blick auf sein vielfältiges Schaffen

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Teuflisch! Mephisto in der Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek

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Richard Ziegler. Lust und Leiden in den Goldenen Zwanziger Jahren

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Kunst + Krise. November 1922: Klee, Kokoschka, Kollwitz & Co. retten Museum vor dem Aus

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Asta Nielsen: Europe's first film icon in pictures

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Von Delacroix bis Warhol: Kostbarkeiten aus den Graphischen Sammlungen Weimars

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Verklärt, begehrt, vergessen. Frauen in der frühen Plakatgestaltung

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Trude Stolp-Seitz (1913 - 2004). Malerei als Fest

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Flora, Fauna, Fabelwesen. Malerei auf Keramik

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Gabriele Dahms. Innere Reise

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