Tag Archives: Germany

1912: In the Rain

Posted on September 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Franz Marc: In the Rain (1912)

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1489: Versions

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leonardo da Vinci: Lady with an Ermine [Cecilia Galleran] (1489–1490) Awol Erizku: Lady with a Pitbull (2009) Hans Holbein: Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling [probably Anne Lovell] (c. 1526-28) Frida Khalo: Self-Portrait with … Continue reading →

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1690s: Cabinet of Curiosities

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Domenico Remps: Cabinet of Curiosities (1690s)

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1944: On This Day

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Paris, August 25 1944

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1938: Meer im Abendlicht

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Emil Nolde: Meer im Abendlicht [Sea in the Evening Light] (c. 1938-1945)

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1561: Something Else

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

In the morning of April 14, 1561, at daybreak, between 4 and 5 a.m., a dreadful apparition occurred on the sun, and then this was seen in Nuremberg in the city, before the gates and in the country – by … Continue reading →

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1733: Vision / Eclipse

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Cosmas Damian Asam: Vision of St. Benedict (1735) “The canvas shows an elderly saint who, confronted by a solar eclipse, seems to experience a seizure—as well as enlightenment—at the moment when light erupts from the celestial sphere, as described in … Continue reading →

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1773: Withered Shrubs

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s epic poem The Messiah, published from 1748 to 1773, Satan tricks Judas into betraying Jesus by appearing to him in a dream “in the form of his father…with disconsolate looks of grief and perturbation,” telling him … Continue reading →

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1942: Pamphlet

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Since the conquest of Poland, 300,000 Jews have been murdered in this country in the most bestial way… The German people slumber on in dull, stupid sleep and encourage the fascist criminals. Each wants to be exonerated of guilt, each … Continue reading →

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1890: Castle

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

The castle, Hohenzollern, Germany; photochrom print published between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900 by the Detroit Publishing Co. (source)

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