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de tand van de berg ernst ludwig kirchnerIn het rijke en tumultueuze landschap van het Duitse expressionisme steekt het werk "De bergtand" van Ernst Ludwig Kirchner uit als een meesterwerk, dat de emotionele diepgang en de visuele kracht onthult die kenmerkend zijn voor het werk van deze iconische kunstenaar. Geschilderd in 1925, roept dit kunstwerk niet alleen de majesteit van de Zwitserse bergen op, maar belichaamt ook de getroebleerde geestestoestand van de maker, getekend door de
In het rijke en tumultueuze landschap van het Duitse expressionisme steekt het werk "De bergtand" van Ernst Ludwig Kirchner uit als een meesterwerk, dat de emotionele diepgang en de visuele kracht onthult die kenmerkend zijn voor het werk van deze iconische kunstenaar. Geschilderd in 1925, roept dit kunstwerk niet alleen de majesteit van de Zwitserse bergen op, maar belichaamt ook de getroebleerde geestestoestand van de maker, getekend door de littekens van de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Het doek, levendig met gedurfde kleuren en dynamische vormen, transporteert de kijker naar een wereld die zowel dromerig als verontrustend is, waar de natuur de weerspiegeling wordt van de innerlijke tumulten van de kunstenaar. Stijl en uniekheid van het werk "De bergtand" onderscheidt zich door het gedurfde gebruik van kleur en de dynamische compositie. Kirchner, trouw aan zijn expressionistische stijl, gebruikt heldere en contrasterende tinten die een voelbare energie aan de scène geven. De geometrische vormen en de hoekige lijnen, kenmerkend voor zijn aanpak, geven het werk een gevoel van beweging en spanning. De berg, weergegeven met een bijna psychologische intensiteit, lijkt uit het doek te rijzen, de zwaartekracht tartend en de essentie van de wilde natuur vastleggend. Deze stilistische keuze beperkt zich niet tot esthetiek; het vertaalt ook een zoektocht naar authenticiteit en emotie, waarbij elke penseelstreek een directe uitdrukking wordt van de gevoelens van de kunstenaar. Zo slaagt Kirchner erin om de eenvoudige voorstelling te overstijgen en een meeslepende visuele ervaring te bieden, waarbij de kijker wordt uitgenodigd de kracht en schoonheid van de berg te voelen terwijl hij geconfronteerd wordt met zijn eigen emoties. De kunstenaar en zijn invloed Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, centrale figuur van de expressionistische beweging, wist zijn tijd te markeren met zijn vernieuwende aanpak en zijn wil om af te breken met artistieke conventies. Geboren in 1880 in Dresden, was hij medeoprichter van de groep Die Brücke, die een cruciale rol speelde in de heruitvinding van de kunst aan het begin van de 20e eeuw. Kirchner haalde zijn inspiratie uit het stadsleven, de natuur en primitieve culturen, op zoek naar het uitdrukken van diepe emotionele waarheden. Zijn werk wordt vaak gezienShipping Notes
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★★★★★ 5
Understand your loss. Celebrate your gain. Live!
Format: Kindle
A quick look at what makes us human; our principal line of relationship to the Cosmos. Maybe not always reverent, but always livable and believable. This is a book, a primer, on how to deal with the mess of life. Written with enough seriousness and tongue-in-cheek humor to be readable and thought provoking.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2025
★★★★★ 5
An Invitation into the Heart of Reality
Format: Kindle
I love reading Anne Lamott. She helps me feel that it’s okay to be human. She helps me see that prayer is human. It’s the most natural thing you can do. And, really, everybody does it, whether they know it or not. In this delightful book, Ms. Lamott reflects on what she calls three essential prayers: help, thanks, and wow! Such human expressions! She invites us, the readers, into her perspective on life, infused as it is with both the mundane and the mysterious. There are times when it is even threatening. But we are not alone. We have each other, and we have God. (Or, better, God has us.). I don’t know that Ms. Lamott would want to be called an optimist, but she certainly sees the good in the bad (or, maybe after the bad). Life is both, she seems to say, but all is okay. So we ask for help when we’re wise enough (or desperate enough) to do so—both for ourselves and others. And we say thanks because life is full of reasons to be grateful. And there is so much beauty around us—and tragedy too—that we cannot help but erupt with wow! I urge you to read this book. Perhaps, as you read it, you will feel as I did reading it, that you are in a conversation with someone very wise and very compassionate and very real.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Another Thanks and Wow by Anne Lamott!
Format: Hardcover
I was first introduced to Anne Lamott's writing about 25 years ago when I read her book, Bird by Bird. It was a book about how to write and from that moment she became one of my favorite authors. Help, Thanks, Wow is a wonderful book that I have underlined and reread over and over again. Her writing has a voice that many of us can relate to. It's honest and you can feel her pain. She writes with humor to balance the good with the bad. Something that is so important to learn as we go through life. Her descriptions help you see, feel, and smell when she describes "autumn...the colors are broccoli and flame and fox fur. The tang is apples. The rot smells faintly of grapes..." She tells us how to ask for help when you can't do it all by yourself, but how important it is to say thank you, thank you, thank you and Wow for all the things you are grateful for. I loved when she wrote about how service to others is joy ,but how important it is to be kind to yourself. One of my favorite passages was this one, "This morning at six when I awoke, loneliness was sitting on my chest like a dental X-ray apron, even though I was buried in hairy dog love. Help, I am sad and lonely, and already it looks like today is going to be too long. I prayed...I did a kindness to myself, as I would have a troubled friend..." Her descriptions are all like this one and easy to relate to. I loved this book and have given it to friends who have then bought it for other friends. It is definitely a WOW!!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2014
★★★★★ 3
Not bad, but not my cup of tea
Format: Hardcover
After seeing Anne Lamott on TV, I was impressed with her and checked out this book on Amazon. The reviews were good, so I ordered it. I was a bit disappointed on receiving it, as I didn't like the shape of the book (too small) and I didn't like the type style (too hard to read). Then, I struggled to get into the book. I like to highlight insights in inspirational books, and I simply didn't find anything to highlight in this one. I think Anne Lamott is a lovely person and I understand how a lot of people liked this book. However, it just didn't bring any new insights to the table for me and it wasn't written in a way that I found compelling. The good news is, it wasn't too hard to finish, since it is short. I passed it on to someone I hope will enjoy it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2013
★★★★★ 5
I Just Want to Read It Again!
Format: Hardcover
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What a brilliant book! When I first received "Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers" I too was so disappointed that it was such a small book--tiny, short, maybe an hour's read. Ah, but what an hour! Precious. And to be completely truthful, this book actually took me several hours to read, because I had to put it down, think, cry, laugh, and even--yes--pray. This book is worth your time and attention. I am so glad that I have it in hardback because I will keep it forever and reread it regularly; I am finished reading it and I just want to read it all over again.
It is a book about getting through life. It is rich, raw, funny (hilarious, like all Annie Lamott) and written in language so stunning I would have to stop and just read and reread sentences. I feel as though my life has been broken open with a whole new attitude towards prayer, and even more, towards being alive. This is not a religious book at all, but a book for anyone who is spiritually-oriented and maybe especially for those who aren't, because the author writes about prayer in a way that every single person can relate to. This is a book about being real and true and simple and clear and about living a worthwhile life.
Don't miss this book.
Highly recommended.
*****
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Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2012