Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer- Ash flower Anselm Kiefer is a German painter born in 1945 and belongs to a group of artists who although did not personally experience World War 2, were profoundly affected by its aftermath. In his early work, the themes in Kiefer’s paintings revolved around myth and history, incorporating the Nazi ruling over Germany as his main historical theme (Tate, 2014). Kiefer’s debut piece largely referenced this. In this performance piece he is dressed in his father’s war uniform, making the iconic Nazi salute (Heroische Sinnbilder Fig.1). Kiefer is most famous for the works that reference this period of time. In fact, he has done little work on other subject matter during his time as an artist. This is due to the fact he believes the topic of Auschwitz is far too complex to be covered artistically in one lifetime. He…

artists that have inspired me the most so far in my work are Anselm Kiefer, the Chapman brothers and Monet. I first came across Anselm Kiefer and Monet when doing the painting module of our project; although Kiefer is more of a mixed media artist; I had been aware of their work previously however. I came across the Chapman brothers in one of our art history lectures and thought it could be quite interesting to see how their landscapes compare to the more classical painted landscapes. Monet was…

69 year old Anselm Kiefer is a very famous painter and sculptor. He often uses the components of history and mythology in his paintings. Kiefer is a contemporary artist, meaning his works are produced in the present generation. Being born in Donaueschingen Germany, Nazi Germany is one of the main influences to his artwork, as he uses his artwork to display stories of how he believed Germany should have been, and how they relate to their past, as well as leave the negativity behind. Since he…

So, by its very nature, the supremely perfect being must exist. The ontological argument gives us ideas for some other properties that must be possessed by the supremely perfect being. This being must be omnipotent. If it weren 't, a more powerful being would be greater than the greatest being. Using this mechanism, St. Anselm identified other properties that are intrinsic to the nature of a supremely great being. This being must be ultimately just. This being must be ultimately good. This being…

Does the X or Y chromosome really determine what role we will play in society? Are women only on this earth to be the caregivers to their husbands and children. Not so long ago, women’s role in society was mainly just that, woman took care of the home, and family. Men’s role was to be the bread winner, then would come home to a serving wife. Crystal Eastman, discusses in her essay, “Now We Can Begin,” that women are more than just being a caregiver, and Eastman called for the social gap between…

The difference being that angels, although living in eternity, were not before for all else that is, which is only God. So angels are created spiritual beings and because of this they are limited, they have a beginning. This is contemplated by Saint Anselm when he says, “Therefore, since it is not the case that anything is greater than You, no place or time restricts You, but You exist everywhere and always. Because this can be said of You alone, You alone are unlimited and eternal.”…

then and there at that second. God is outside of time meaning he is eternal. Augustine then admits that Gods knowledge of the world entails necessity, to deny that is incompatible with freedom (Palmer, 118). He believes that freedom is the capacity to do what you want when you want even if God already knows what you want (Palmer, 118). I do agree with Saint Augustine`s way of thinking. I have actually thought about the fact that God determines every choice we make in life and this reasoning…

The Ontological Argument and Pascal’s Wager The “Ontological Argument” was created by Saint Anselm; this argument is in support of God’s existence. His argument is one based on observation and reason not on empirical evidence and is spit in to three parts. The parts include why god exists, why god cannot be thought to not exist, and lastly why atheists are able to think that God does not exist. In the first section he begins with a definition of God that he believes everyone would be accepting…

Theists think that it is ridiculous that the Universe can exist without a cause, and, have come to the assumption that the universe was created by God, who exists without a cause, complete with a range of intrinsic traits and values. We can see that although theists believe in god(s) and atheists don 't, both have some similar assumptions about how the universe came to exist. St Anselm (1033-1109), who was the Catholic archbishop of Canterbury and a Doctor of the Church, first created the…

It is greater to exist in intelectu and in re than in intelectu alone 4. A being than which no greater can be conceived can’t exist just in intelectu, since a greater being could be conceived that exists both in re and in intelectu 5. Therefore God must exist in the intelectu and in re Anslem then goes on to state that God does not rely on anything else for his existence, making him a necessary being, whose existence is solely based off his essence. In comparison to everything else which relies…