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Tag Archives: Germany
1859: Mondscheinlandschaft
Carl Gustav Carus: Moonlit Landscape (1859)
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Art, Carl Gustav Carus, Germany, Landscapes, Painting, The Moon
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1617: Atalanta Fugiens
Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens is an alchemical “emblem book” consisting of 50 illustrations by Matthias Merian, each of which is accompanied by a epigrammatic verse, a philosophical discourse, and a musical fugue. This first emblem shows Boreas, the North Wind, … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Alchemy, Books, Germany, Matthias Merian, Michael Maier, Printmaking
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1939: The History of Spitting
The pioneering sociologist Norbert Elias published The Civilizing Process in 1939 with the aim of tracing how Europeans came to imagine what it meant to be “civilized.” In the book, he argues that increasing interdependence in society—in which difference social … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 1930's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Books, Daniel Bowen, Germany, Great Britain, Manners, Norbert Elias, Photography, Sociology, Spitting
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1893: British Gas Works
Adolf von Meckel: British Gas Works on the River Spree (before 1893)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Adolf Meckel von Hemsbach, Art, Factories, Germany, Industry, Landscapes, Painting, Rivers
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1950: Seascape
Patrick von Kalckreuth: Seascape at Sunset (c. 1950)
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2003: Seascape
Florian Maier-Aichen: Untitled (Seascape with Monument) (2003)
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Art, Digital Art, Florian Maier-Aichen, Germany, Photography, Seascapes
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1499: Wild Men
The two archetypal “wild men” that frame Albrecht Dürer’s portrait of Oswolt Krel (1499) were part of a popular theme in the late Medieval period and the early Renaissance. Wild men symbolized lust, fighting spirit, and the power of the primitive. … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Century, Albrecht Dürer, Art, Germany, Mythology, Painting, Portraits
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1875: Modern Cyclopes
Adolph von Menzel: Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes) (1872-1875) The elder Cyclopes—not to be confused with the shepherd Cyclopes encountered by Odysseus—were single-eyed immortal giants cast into the depths of the earth upon birth by their father, Uranus, along with … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Adolph von Menzel, Art, Factories, Germany, Labor, Mythology, Painting
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1905: Geographische Liebes-Räthsel
Geographische Liebes-Räthsel (1905); this map by an unknown artist uses the words from a Heinrich Heine poem as its locations: Wenn ich in deine Augen seh, So schwindet all mein Leid und Weh; Doch wenn ich küsse deinen Mund, So … Continue reading
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Tagged 1820's, 1900's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Germany, Heinrich Heine, Maps, Poetry
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1534: Wild Horses Fighting
Hans Baldung Grien: Wild Horses Fighting (1534)
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Tagged 16th Century, Animals, Art, Germany, Hans Baldung Grien, Horses, Mammals, Printmaking
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