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"Gottlieb Biedermeier, a teasing middle-class papa best known for his appearances in a Munich satirical weekly, came to fame in the 1840s. A "god-loving everyman," he represented the typical German citizen, more interested in a comfortable home and a convivial family than political activism. The poets who created him, needling the bourgeoisie and signing their own work "Biedermeier," weren't thinking about the elegant housewares that now ..."
"James Turrell works with phenomena of light like no other artist. Since the 1960s he has been building astonishing spaces that allow light to be experienced both in its material and its spiritual qualities. In recent years Turrell has developed an increasing interest in the staging of architecture through the use of light. He has realized several landmark works with this in mind--his light installation for the opening of the Kunsthaus B ..."
Laxenburg Die Franzensburg (Kleine Kunstfuhrer / Schlosser U. Burgen) (Czech Edition) by WolfgangHausler, Franz Karl Nebuda, Iveta Machackova Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2013 by Schnell & Steiner ISBN-13: 978-3-7954-6978-8, ISBN: 3-7954-6978-3
Laxenburg Die Franzensburg (Kleine Kunstfuhrer) (German Edition) by WolfgangHausler Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2006 by Schnell & Steiner ISBN-13: 978-3-7954-6629-9, ISBN: 3-7954-6629-6
Laxenburg(2nd Edition) A Franzensburg Kastely (Kleine Kunstfuhrer / Schlosser U. Burgen) (Hungarian Edition) by WolfgangHausler, Franz Karl Nebuda, Natalia Rozsa Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2013 by Schnell & Steiner ISBN-13: 978-3-7954-6631-2, ISBN: 3-7954-6631-8
Laxenburg Franzenburh Castle (Kleine Kunstfuhrer / Schlosser U. Burgen) by WolfgangHausler, Franz Karl Nebuda, Veronica Leary Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2006 by Schnell & Steiner ISBN-13: 978-3-7954-6630-5, ISBN: 3-7954-6630-X
"Smirking, dim-witted, grimacing, or disgusted--that is how the character studies that Franz Xaver Messerschmidt cast in lead or cut into alabaster appear to viewers. They are sculptures that do not adhere to any classical ideal of beauty, instead confronting the viewer with a typology of the ugly. The fascinating character busts by the baroque sculptor Messerschmidt may be indebted to his contemporary Johann Kaspar Lavater, yet they nev ..."