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1.   Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1768)
The art and culture of German-speaking Europe underwent great change in the mid-eighteenth century, when Baroque architecture based on French and Italian models and French-influenced literature and....
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1768)
2.   Goethe in His Frankfurt Study, Self-Portrait (1770-73)
Following his education as a lawyer at the universities of Leipzig and Strasbourg, Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) – later ennobled as “von Goethe” – spent the early years of his literary career....
Goethe in His Frankfurt Study, Self-Portrait (1770-73)
3.   Tea Party Hosted by Duchess Anna Amalia in Wittums Palace in Weimar (1783)
Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxony, Weimar, and Eisenach (1739-1807), helped transform Weimar into a vibrant....
Tea Party Hosted by Duchess Anna Amalia in Wittums Palace in Weimar (1783)
4.   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Campagna, Italy (1786-87)
From 1786 to 1788, Goethe traveled through Italy on a journey of self-discovery and to escape his duties as a high-ranking civil servant in Weimar, the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. In the....
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Campagna, Italy (1786-87)
5.   August Wilhelm Schlegel (c. 1790)
August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767-1845) was a leader of the German Romantic movement. A poet, critic, linguist and translator of Shakespeare and Cervantes, Schlegel collaborated with his brother Friedrich....
August Wilhelm Schlegel (c. 1790)
6.   Friedrich Hölderlin (1792)
Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), now considered one of Germany’s greatest poets, was largely unrecognized in his lifetime. Plagued by self-doubt, restlessness, and inner conflict,....
Friedrich Hölderlin (1792)
7.   Achim von Arnim (1804)
Writer and editor Achim von Arnim (1781-1831) was a major proponent of early Romanticism in German literature. Together with Clemens....
Achim von Arnim (1804)
8.   Goethe with Johann August Friedrich John (1831)
Toward the end of his life, Goethe (1749-1832) withdrew from the social and cultural scene in Weimar,....
Goethe with Johann August Friedrich John (1831)
9.   "Faust Conjures up the Spirits" (c. 1840)
The story of Faust, a scholar so hungry for the power of universal knowledge that he makes a pact with the devil, has fascinated writers and their audiences for centuries – almost since the life....
"Faust Conjures up the Spirits" (c. 1840)
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