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Germania

I’ve been reading Golo Mann’s History of Germany Since 1789 — cracking stuff.

This depiction of Germania, the personification of the German nation, was for a stained-glass window in the Reichstag building, built between 1884 and 1894 in Berlin and since 1999 home once again to the German parliament.

Published at 9:05 am on Monday 22 February 2016. Categories: Architecture Errant Thoughts Germany Tags: .
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Sturdy girl!

— Arpad H 22 Feb 2016 12:13 pm

I trust ‘Hungaria’ would be a more comely maiden.

Do Hungarians ever depict Hungary as a personification?

— Andrew Cusack 22 Feb 2016 2:43 pm

I have never seen any Hungaria like there is Germania. Maybe among the Kossuth supporters, but for the rest of us we have the Virgin or the King (Emperor) or Saint Stephen.

Odd maybe because we Hungarians are quite national in our thinking.

— Arpad H 23 Feb 2016 12:21 pm

I presume this excellent piece of work survived the war?

— Gousset 26 Feb 2016 8:26 pm

I believe it was destroyed in the battle for Berlin.

— Andrew Cusack 5 Mar 2016 5:04 pm

How is it then that we possess such a fine colour photograph of it – or is this the artist’s modello?

— Hetterscheidt 16 Mar 2016 10:17 pm

Correct — this is an artist’s construct.

— Andrew Cusack 16 Mar 2016 11:35 pm
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