Tag Archives: Denmark

2004: The Weather Project

Posted on November 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

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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1902: Grief

Posted on October 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anna Archer: Grief (1902)

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1905: Doors

Posted on August 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vilhelm Hammershøi: Open Doors (1905)

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1862: Billedbog

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pages from a scrapbook billedbog (Danish: “picture book”) made by Hans Christian Andersen and his friend Adolph L. Drewsen for eight-year-old Jonas Drewsen. Andersen and Drewsen both contributed to the collages and wrote stories and poems around the pictures and in … Continue reading →

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3,000 BC: Map

Posted on July 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

This etched stone, found in 2016 with nine others at a 5,000-year-old sacred site in Denmark, may be a map. Archaeologists believe it is a symbolic representation of a local area, showing fields, fences and plants, and that it may … Continue reading →

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1550: A Book Is a Heart

Posted on May 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

“The Heart Book is regarded as the oldest Danish ballad manuscript. It is a collection of 83 love ballads compiled in the beginning of the 1550’s in the circle of the Court of King Christian III. Shown above is the … Continue reading →

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