Berlin - art/sculpture

It rained one of the days we were in Berlin so we spent the day on Museumsinsel (Museum Island)

For one low price we went to the Bode Museum, Pergamonmuseum, and Altes (old) Museum, AND the price included audio guides that were actually really interesting and informative!

A saint (Peter or maybe Paul)



Rape of the Sabine (they think - the artist didn't leave any notes!).
Also - who makes a statue about someone getting raped!!



Apparently not sexual!



Voted most ugly



Voted most creepy



Muscleman!



Boo! (Immanuel Kant)



What do you get someone who has everything - statue of a girl clipping her toe nails!



Growl! I am important!
Can't remember who this dude is - but he thought that an angry face made him look more powerful



Zeus



Nefertiti (1350BC)





Jesus on the cross



Voted most hilarious



Defeat of Nazi's and the new controlling powers of Germany and Berlin



Concentration Camps

Berlin - Ampelmann

The pedestrian crossing symbol - originally from East Germany is so popular is has it's own souvenir shop, restaurant, website, and online shop!!!

Berlin

To see the photos in full screen go to the Picasa web album

Statue of an old dude . . . .



Siegessäule (commemerates Prussian victories over Demark, Austria, and France from 1864 - 1871 - also centre of Berlin's major celebrations inlcuding the Love Parade and New Year)







View from the Siegessäule



Soviet Statue (Written on the side: "Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the struggle against the German facist invaders for the freedom and independence of the Soviet Union")



Brandenburger Tor (City Gate)



Brandenburger Tor close up



Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe)









How good does this pizza look!! AWESOME
Vapiano Pasta Pizza Bar



Sculpture: Mother with Dean Son at the Neue Wache (New Guardhouse)



Berliner Dom (cathedral) & Fernsehturm







A berliner and latte (Germany definitely not known for coffee!!)



Pergamonmuseum

Pergamon Alter (170-159 BC). The museum isn't big enough to hold the complete alter so only one third is on display.







Mosaic - top effort!!!



Really tall and old pillars



Roman Market Gate of Miletus - 29 meters wide and 17 meters tall (120 AD)



Gate of Ishtar - from the reigh of King Nebuchadnezzar (605-565 BC)



Close up of Prayer Niche from the Maidân Mosque



The Berlin Wall

Memorial for Günter Litfin - the first person shot dead by East German guards while trying to escape into West Berlin



Part of the remaining wall at the Invalidenfriedhof (Invalids' Cemetery). Headstones were removed so not to impair the sightlines of the border guards.





Watchtower





Part of the wall at Postdamer Platz