The World · 12

Germany & Austria

Precision, Romantic inwardness, psychological exposure, social witness and historical reckoning form a demanding Central European lineage.

01Albrecht DürerObservation, intellect and craft meet at extraordinary resolution.02Anselm KieferHistory remains embedded in damaged material.03Caspar David FriedrichLandscape becomes a measure of inward life.04Egon SchieleThe body is a raw instrument of self-knowledge.05Gerhard RichterCan we trust an image?06Gustav KlimtOrnament becomes a language of desire, status and mortality.07Joseph BeuysMyth, politics and pedagogy as sculpture.08Käthe KollwitzPrintmaking gives grief and solidarity public force.