David Dollenmayer is Emeritus Professor of German at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (December 2012)
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The Continual Homecoming
December 6, 2012
Camille Corot: Natur und Traum [Camille Corot: Nature and Dream]
an exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 29, 2012–January 6, 2013
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Dürer and Renoir
August 16, 2012
Der frühe Dürer [The Early Dürer]
an exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, May 24–September 2, 2012
Renoir. Zwischen Bohème und Bourgeoisie: Die frühen Jahre [Renoir. Between Bohemia and the Bourgeoisie: The Early Years]
an exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel, April 1–August 12, 2012
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The Queen of Cathedrals
March 22, 2012
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Germany: When Faces Defied Death
November 24, 2011
Dürer—Cranach—Holbein: Die Entdeckung des Menschen: Das deutsche Porträt um 1500 [Dürer—Cranach—Holbein: The Discovery of Man: German Portraiture around 1500]
an exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, May 31–September 4, 2011, and the Kunsthalle of the Hypo Cultural Foundation, Munich, September 16, 2011–January 15, 2012
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The Master Returns: Konrad Witz in Basel
July 14, 2011
Konrad Witz
an exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel, March 6–July 3, 2011
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It’s All in the Head
October 28, 2010
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, 1736–1783: From Neoclassicism to Expressionism
an exhibition at the Neue Galerie, New York City, September 16, 2010–January 10, 2011; and the Musée du Louvre, Paris, January 26–April 25, 2011
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The Painter’s Painter: Velázquez After 350 Years
September 30, 2010
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The Best Faces of the Enlightenment
April 8, 2010
Jean-Antoine Houdon: Die Sinnliche Skulptur (Sensuous Sculpture)
an exhibition at the Liebieghaus, Frankfurt, October 29, 2009– February 28, 2010; and at the Musée Fabre, Montpellier, March 16–June 27, 2010
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On Christa Wolf
January 17, 2012
Christa Wolf belonged to the generation in which I also count myself. We were stamped by National Socialism and the late—too late—realization of all the crimes committed by Germans in the span of just twelve years. Ever since, the act of writing has demanded interpreting the traces that remain.