CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gothic art and architecture is usually associated with soaring vertical lines — church naves and belltowers, tall, pointed arches, sculptures of saints with long, slender bodies. The ...
Introduction: Why Do We Study the History of Art? -- Western tradition -- Artistic impulse -- Chronology -- Why is art valued? -- Material value -- Intrinsic value -- Religious value -- Nationalistic ...
On the long list of artists to suffer the fatal derision of Nazi Germany was one of Germany’s greatest sculptors, Ernst Barlach. He died in 1938, shunned by his townspeople, condemned (falsely) as a ...