View across the Moat towards the Thomasschule and the Thomaskirche in Leipzig
1817
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1817
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a quiet city scene: a moat, a school, and a church tower in Leipzig, Germany. The buildings are drawn in careful, thin lines, almost like a sketch. This was made in 1817 by an artist on his way to Rome to join a group called the Nazarenes. They wanted art to be simple and religious, like paintings from the 1400s. The school in the picture is the oldest German-language school in Europe, and the church is where Bach worked. Look up the subject germany, 19th century to see more of these quiet city views.
