The Goethe-Schiller Monument is a bronze double statue of the German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller, was inaugurated in 1857 and stands in front of the German National Theatre on the Theaterplatz in Weimar.
Here is a composition of typography, texture and digital watercolour of the monument by Dirk h. Wendt.
The Weimar Classicism, which was mainly supported by Goethe and Schiller, deserves its name not only as a second peak achievement of German literature, but also because it ties in with the ideal of humanity and the concept of art of the Renaissance and, like this, is connected with antiquity. Goethe and Schiller were convinced that the people of classical antiquity lived their lives cheerfully and happily. The Classics wanted to lead the inwardly torn man of their time to this harmony with the help of art.
Dirk h. Wendt has his roots in Oldenburg in Northern Germany, he studied in Berlin and lives and works today in Dietzenbach-Steinberg near Frankfurt.
Already in grammar school he was trained and encouraged in craftsmanship and visual skills. This continued logically in his training as a typesetter and typographer and..
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