Beyond Landscape
Featuring Anselm Kiefer’s der Morgenthau Plan (The Morgenthau Plan), 2012, and die Milchstrasse (The Milky Way), 1985–87
Best known for his monumental textured paintings, German artist Anselm Kiefer’s encrusted surfaces of thick impasto confront themes of memory, history, identity, and culture. Through texture, Kiefer’s landscape paintings portray rough emotions and symbols with meaning to the artist. In this lesson, students will explore the principles of texture and landscape while reflecting on the personal significance landscapes may have on different people’s lives.