German Achievements in America: A Tribute to the Memory of the Men and Women, Who Worked, Fought and Died for the Welfare of This Country; And a Recognition of the Living Who with Equal Enterprise, Genius and Patriotism Helped in the Making of Our United
Excerpt from German Achievements in America: A Tribute to the Memory of the Men and Women, Who Worked, Fought and Died for the Welfare of This Country; And a Recognition of the Living Who With Equal Enterprise, Genius and Patriotism Helped in the Making of Our United States While thus the rulers and magistrates beautified all public buildings and squares, the burghers did their best to complete the picture. The innate sense for art accomplished wonders in many cities of Germany. Loving their homes, the citizens adorned the ...
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Excerpt from German Achievements in America: A Tribute to the Memory of the Men and Women, Who Worked, Fought and Died for the Welfare of This Country; And a Recognition of the Living Who With Equal Enterprise, Genius and Patriotism Helped in the Making of Our United States While thus the rulers and magistrates beautified all public buildings and squares, the burghers did their best to complete the picture. The innate sense for art accomplished wonders in many cities of Germany. Loving their homes, the citizens adorned the front of their houses with carvings and allegorical paintings. 'even such inconspicuous objects as weather-vanes and door-knockers became in the hands of skilled craftsmen specimens of genuine art. However, these efforts to beautify the exterior of the houses, were not accomplished to the neglect of the interior. Wealthy families took pride in artistic furniture, beautiful carpets, precious objects of crystal and silver, and in paintings and etchings of famous masters. This period of prosperity and culture was also a time of great ecclesiastic architecture. Especially the architects of the 1 1th, 12th and 13th centuries created cathedrals, which in bold construction and sublime beauty surpass everything hitherto and since accomplished. The cathedrals of Worms, Speyer, Mayence, Frankfort on the Main, Ulm, Strassburg, Cologne and other cities rank among the greatest master pieces of Romanic and Gothic art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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