Tag Archives: Ottmar Hoerl

luther: black market of indulgences

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Dave

Last summer 800 three foot high statuettes of sixteenth-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther popped up in the town square of Wittenberg in Eastern Germany. The red, green, blue and black figurines are the work of artist Ottmar Hoerl and were … Continue reading →

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fiddler on a hot church roof

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dave

Martin Luther is still creating controversy. Recently, about 800 statuettes of the 16th-century Protestant reformer popped up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg, where Luther first preached against practices of the Roman Catholic church almost five hundred years ago. … Continue reading →

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Gnomes On A Hot Tin Drum

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Dave

”I want to show that there is far-right thought in the heads of all of us,” he said, adding that gnomes were a particularly fitting method for conveying his message “in a lighter and unpatronising way, at the same time … Continue reading →

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