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WIE DIE NATUR ZUR BÜHNE WIRD: WILLIBALD SAUERLÄNDER ÜBER POUSSINS LANDSCHAFTEN

«Die Natur im Stundenglas der Zeit» ist das letzte Buch des großen Kunsthistorikers Willibald Sauerländer. Poussins Malerei begleitete und fesselte ihn ein Leben lang - insbesondere die Landschaften, in denen es nie allein um die freie Natur geht, sondern immer um Orte der Erinnerung, der Historie, der Mythen, des Schicksals. Diese Bilder durch Sauerländers kundigen Blick neu zu entdecken ist so faszinierend wie augenöffnend.

Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665) gilt als einer der...

The art of Rubens is rooted in an era darkened by the long shadow of devastating wars between Protestants and Catholics. In the wake of this profound schism, the Catholic Church decided to cease using force to propagate the faith. Like Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) sought to persuade his spectators to return to the true faith through the beauty of his art. While Rubens is praised for the "baroque passion" in his depictions of cruelty and sensuous abandon, nowhere did he kindle such emotional fire as in his religious subjects. Their color, warmth, and majesty--but also...

Manet Paints Monet focuses on an auspicious moment in the history of art. In the summer of 1874, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and Claude Monet (1840-1926), two outstanding painters of the nascent Impressionist movement, spent their holidays together in Argenteuil on the Seine River. Their growing friendship is expressed in their artwork, culminating in Manet's marvelous portrait of Monet painting on a boat. The boat was the ideal site for Monet to execute his new plein-air paintings, enabling him to depict nature, water, and the play of light. Similarly, Argenteuil was the perfect place for...