Just now the sky was blue. Art texts

Florian Illies writes about art and literature with enthusiasm and excitement like no other. He is fascinated above all by the artists and their works themselves; under his gaze moving pictures in colour emerge, historical figures become passionately loving and living human beings. In his texts from 25 years Illies portrays his personal heroes from Gottfried Benn to Harry Graf Kessler and Andy Warhol. He explores why the best painters of the 19th century preferred to look up to the sky and began to paint clouds, asks whether romance can be cured - and addresses a fervent love letter to Caspar David Friedrich. Reading with Ulrich Noethen 4 CDs ca. 5 h 16 min.