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Tag Archives: Germany
1936: Expectation
Richard Oelze: Expectation (1935-36)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Germany, Painting, Richard Oelze, Technology, The Sky
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1976: City
Thomas Bayrle: The City (1976) [detail]; here is the whole thing:
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Cityscapes, Drawing, Germany, Painting, Thomas Bayrle
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1858: The Austria
Josef Püttner: Sinking of the Emigrant Ship “Austria” on 13th September 1858 (1858)
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Art, Disasters, Fire, Germany, Josef Püttner, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing
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1924: Queen of the Clouds
Otto Kuhler: Queen of the Clouds (1924)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Aviation, Germany, Otto Kuhler, Printmaking, Seascapes, USA
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15 mya: Oecophylla
Up to hundreds of weaver ants…line up side by side in militarily precise rows. They grip the edge of one leaf with the claws and pads of their hindlegs and the edge of the other with their jaws and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, Africa, Animals, Ants, Architecture, Bert Hölldobler, Books, E. O. Wilson, Germany, Insects, Labor, Miocene epoch, Photography, USA
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1945: With These Blows of My Hammer
On September 14, 1945, trade unionist Paul Bebert, a former concentration camp prisoner, destroyed the swastikas that Nazis has affixed to union offices in Hamburg. He read this statement to the crowd: With these blows of my hammer I will … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Fascism, Germany, Labor, Paul Bebert, Unions, WWII
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1907: Iron and Steel
Eugen Bracht: Hoesch Iron and Steel Works, Dortmund (1907)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Eugen Bracht, Factories, Germany, Industry, Landscapes, Painting
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1525: Dream
In the year 1525 between Wednesday and Thursday (7-8 June) after Whitsunday during the night I saw this appearance in my sleep, how many great waters fell from heaven. The first struck the earth about four miles away from me … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Albrecht Dürer, Dreams, Germany, Meteorology, Painting, Rain, Weather
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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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1946: First They Came
Although this is one of the world’s most famous poems, there is no definitive version of it. Indeed, there is no clear evidence that its author, the Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller, ever put it into poetic form. Several variations exist, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Christianity, Disability, Fascism, Germany, Harold Marcuse, Holocaust, Judaism, Martin Niemöller, Museums, Poetry, Religion, Socialism & Communism, Unions, WWII
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