Ernst Haeckel’s “Prosobranchia” from Kunstformen der Natur (1904), or Artforms in Nature
Straight to Shell
Tag Archives: German art
Straight to Shell
Was Guckte Dü?
Albrecht Dürer, Das große Rasenstück / Great Piece of Turf (1503)
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Aelurichrysichthyic
Weiße Katzen beobachten Goldfische / White Cats Watching Goldfish, Arthur Heyer (1872-1931)
Alb’s Alp
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), “Sunrise on the Matterhorn” (>1875)
Christusgleicher Kunstkönig
Albrecht Dürer, Selbstbildnis (1500)
Post-Performative Post-Scriptum
Christusgleicher Kunstkönig is German for “Christ-like Art-King”, because Dürer represented himself in a way traditionally reserved for images of Christ.
Kaufkopf
Hans Holbein the Younger, Bildnis eines jungen Kaufmannes (1541) / Portrait of a Young Merchant
Previously pre-posted portrait posts:
• Fur King Hal — Holbein’s portrait of Henry VIII
• Anne’s Hans’ — Holbein’s portrait of Anne Cresacre
Photosynthesis
Albrecht Dürer, Das große Rasenstück (1503)
Dürer’s “The Large Piece of Turf”.
Overlord In Terms of Core Issues Around Maximal Engagement with Key Notions of the Über-Feral 