Mittenwald Bavaria: Lüftlmalerei - paintings in the air
The frescoes are known as luftlmalerei (literally, paintings in the air) and have their roots in the works of the Italian Renaissance masters, but in Mittenwald and the nearby Bavarian villages of Oberammergau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (also Tyrol), the style is patterned after the Baroque frescoes inside the churches of southern Germany.
House where Goethe lived. He came to Mittenwald in the year 1786.
The frescoes are known as luftlmalerei (literally, paintings in the air) and have their roots in the works of the Italian Renaissance masters, but in Mittenwald and the nearby Bavarian villages of Oberammergau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (also Tyrol), the style is patterned after the Baroque frescoes inside the churches of southern Germany.
House where Goethe lived. He came to Mittenwald in the year 1786.
Luftlmalerei Mittenwald Bavaria
House facade with Typical Luftmalerei in Mittenwald Bavaria