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Tag Archives: Denmark
1885: Foundry
P. S. Krøyer: The Iron Foundry, Burmeister and Wain (1885)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Denmark, Factories, Industry, Labor, P. S. Krøyer, Painting
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1894: River
Peder Mørk Mønsted: A Summer River Landscape (1894)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Denmark, Landscapes, Painting, Peder Mørk Mønsted, Rivers
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1892: Summer Evening
Janus La Cour: Quiet Summer Evening by the River Mouth (1892)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Denmark, Janus La Cour, Landscapes, Painting, Rivers
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1964: Oh, My Mangled Head!
In his book Alice in Many Tongues (1964), Warren Weaver spends the last chapter using a curious method to evaluate various translations of Alice in Wonderland. He takes the same passage from each translation—a portion of the Mad Tea-Party—and asks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Africa, Alice, Books, Children, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Language, Poetry, Poland, Russia, South America, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Translation, USA, Warren Weaver
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1883: The Skaw Spit
Johan Krouthén: The Skaw Spit, Skagen (1883)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Denmark, Johan Krouthén, Landscapes, Painting, Sweden
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1896: Forest Stream
Peder Mørk Mønsted: Forest Stream (1896)
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1880: Lake
Carl Frederik Aagaard: View of a Forest Lake with an Angler and His Family (1880)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Carl Frederik Aagaard, Denmark, Lakes, Landscapes, Painting, Water
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1874: Lost Beauties
A few entries from Charles Mackay’s Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets, Clergymen and Public Speakers (1874): Airt, the quarter from which the wind blows. “Helter skelter from a’ airts, In swarms the country drives.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Books, Charles Mackay, Denmark, Flowers, Great Britain, Johan Laurentz Jensen, Language, Painting, Scotland
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1889: Clouds
Marie Triepcke Kroyer: Clouds (1889)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, Denmark, Marie Triepcke Kroyer, Painting, Technology, The Sky, Women
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2004: The Weather Project
Ólafur Elíasson: The Weather Project, an art installation at Tate Modern in London, 2004. Photo by Adrian Rowbotham (source). More information here.
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Art, Ólafur Elíasson, Conceptual Art, Denmark, Iceland
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