Moderne Kunst in Meister-Holzschnitten Band XV (page 1/3)

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Serpentin-Tanzerin [the serpentine dancer]

The German word tänzerin means dancer, but primarily a female one. In this case the title is probably a reference to the film Die Serpentintänzerin which was produced in 1895; the film lasted for only six seconds and showed a barefoot dancer whirling about with a shawl or scarf lifting up over her head as she turned. [more...] [$]

H Hendrich: Sea Fables

Seemärchen. [more...] [$]

Border with Green Man and Cherubs

This full-page (landscape) border features two winged cherubs (or putti), one standing on either side, facing three-quarters away from us, the right-hand one holding binoculars up to his eyes. They are standing on an arrangment of vines [...] [more...] [$]

Berlin’s Victory Avenue in Winter

We see a wide snow-covered avenue with mature trees on either side. It is night, and there are stars: the overall effect is blue and cold. There are white statues of people standing on tall plinths, each in a booth on the left side of the avenue, with three steps leading up to the base of the column with the statue on it, and stone [...] [more...] [$]

Danaë

A young woman dances with one arm stretched out and upwards towards the warm Summer sun, the light shining down on her through the woodland trees in a cascade of yellow. She wears a diaphanous dress that seems to have fallen off, leaving her upper half bare. With half-lidded [...] [more...] [$]