"What is European Art? Treasure Hunting in Berlin"
Dr. Matthias Vollmer
This lecture takes you on a virtual tour to some of the most splendid art collections in the world: Using the treasure troves of Berlin’s many museums and galleries, we will give you a survey of the visual arts in Central Europe from the rise of modernism around 1900 to the present after postmodernism. Focusing on German art, this session will also illustrate the relationship of the arts to society and to philosophical ideas of their respective times. One of the questions that keep coming up in this relationship deals with the role of art for a national self-understanding. So discover some unique works of art with us and find out why they are relevant to European and German identity.
Regular FU-BEST Course: www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/fub...
FU-BEST Online Spring 2021 Course: www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/fub...
Visit www.fubest.org to learn more about the program or www.fubest.org/online for the schedule of our digital lecture series.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro to the Digital Lecture Series
01:50 Beginning of the Lecture
02:42 Collections in Berlin
03:57 The Link between Art and History
04:52 Romanticism in Germany
10:40 Schopenhauer on Art & Philosophy
15:22 Klinger's Sculpture of Beethoven
18:45 "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt
22:09 German Expressionism
31:50 Bauhaus
33:38 Dada
36:06 "Karawane" by Hugo Ball (recited by Dr. Matthias Vollmer)
39:43 New Objectivity
46:06 Entartete Kunst ("Degenerate Art")
50:20 Art after WWII
55:40 Anselm Kiefer & Dealing with History
01:00:35 Joseph Beuys
01:05:38 "Birkenau"-Cycle by Gerhard Richter
01:12:03 Outro