Spirit of an Age: Nineteenth-Century Paintings From the National Galerie, Berlin

This book, with essays that provide continuity and contacts, and with detailed entries on individual paintings, offers a rare introduction in English to German art of the 19th century. The Realist movement cannot be understood without attention to a number of outstanding German artists that were notably mentioned in this book. It accompanies a major loan exhibition organized by the national Gallery, London and the national Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Artist in this book include: Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Joseph Koch, Carl Fohr, Max Leibermann and much more.