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  • African art
    Art,  English,  History

    Understanding Religion and Spirit in the art of Africa

    January 13, 2026 / 0 Comments

    This journey reveals how African artists transform wood, clay, bronze, and fabric into living expressions of history, ritual, and imagination - showing African art not as decoration, but as a vital force within society.

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    Keep It Simple, Stupid

    July 8, 2013
    Rosa Bonheur

    The majestic world of animals through the eyes of Rosa Bonheur

    March 6, 2024

    Diego Rivera et Frida Khalo. Encore?

    August 7, 2013
  • Crowns covered with a pearled decoration (Yoruba), African Art
    Art,  English

    African Art: Ancient Inspirations, Modern Expressions

    July 18, 2023 / 0 Comments

    From Mauritania to South Africa and from the Ivory Coast to Somalia, statues, masks, jewelry, pottery and tapestries compose a variety of daily and ritual objects springing from these richly varied societies.

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    Brig “Mercury” after a Victory over Two Turkish Ships, 1848

    Ivan Aivazovsky and the Russian Painters of Water

    March 2, 2023
    Spanish museums

    Art lovers’ guide: The Spanish museums you need to visit

    September 24, 2024
    Frida Kahlo

    Broken body, Unbreakable spirit – The story of Frida Kahlo

    December 2, 2025
  • Black art matters
    Art,  English

    Black Art Matters

    June 24, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Since the discovery of African art at the end of the nineteenth century during the colonial expositions it has been a limitless source of inspiration for artists who, over time, have perpetually recreated these artworks.

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    Best Romantic Art Books for Valentine’s Day

    January 29, 2018
    Medieval Iran, Persia

    Inside Medieval Iran: The art of a Civilization

    February 17, 2026

    Griechenland in Farbe

    February 11, 2014
  • Art,  Deutsch,  Ebook

    LESEN IN AFRIKA

    October 11, 2019 / 0 Comments

    “Wenn ein alter Mann stirbt, brennt eine Bibliothek bis auf die Grundmauern nieder.” Bis vor kurzem wurden afrikanische Geschichte, Kultur und Traditionen mehr durch die Sprache als durch das Schreiben vermittelt – die Übertragung mündlicher Literatur von einer Generation zur nächsten liegt im Herzen von Kultur und Erinnerung. Sehr oft fungieren lokale Sprachen als Vehikel für die Vermittlung von einzigartigen Formen des kulturellen Wissens. Mündliche Traditionen, die in diesen Sprachformen kodiert sind, können bedroht werden, wenn die Ältesten sterben oder wenn die Lebensgrundlagen gestört sind. Solche kreativen Werke der mündlichen Literatur sind zunehmend gefährdet, da Globalisierung und schneller sozioökonomischer Wandel immer komplexeren Druck auf kleinere Gemeinschaften ausüben und oft traditionelle…

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    Sebastiano del Piombo, Sainte conversation. La Sainte Famille avec sainte Catherine, saint Sébastien, et un donateur, vers 1507-1508

    La Vierge Marie dans l’art médiéval jusqu’à l’art moderne précoce

    December 16, 2022
    Homosexualität in der Kunst

    Grenzen brechen: Homosexualität im künstlerischen Ausdruck

    June 27, 2024
    Woman’s shoe, around 1897

    The Art of the Shoes – A 40.000 year History

    March 7, 2023
  • Art,  Ebook,  English

    Ebooks – A vehicle of cultural transmission in Africa

    September 20, 2019 / 0 Comments

    “The civilization of the twentieth century cannot be universal except by being a dynamic synthesis of all the cultural values of all civilizations. It will be monstrous unless it is seasoned with the salt of negritude, for it will be without the savour of humanity.” Leopold Sedar Senghor READING IN AFRICA When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.” Until recently, African history, culture and traditions were conveyed more through speech than in writing— the transmission of oral literature from one generation to the next lies at the heart of culture and memory. Very often, local languages act as vehicles for the transmission of unique forms of…

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    The strange and surreal universe of James Ensor

    April 8, 2025
    Nicolas Poussin, The Holy Family in a Landscape, c. mid-17th century

    The Virgin: Masterpieces of Spiritual Beauty, Devotion and Grace

    May 30, 2023
    L’art en Europe

    Ein Führer zu den Schätzen, die in den berühmtesten Museen Europas untergebracht sind

    February 2, 2024
  • African Art 5
    Art,  Art and Design,  Art Exhibition,  Deutsch,  Ebook,  History,  Printed Art Book

    Die Kunst Afrikas

    June 18, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Ausstellung: Kunst aus Afrika Datum: 27 Oktober 2017 – 31 Dezember 2019 Museum: Bode Museum, Berlin Ursprung der Schwarzafrikaner Nachdem nun die Aufgabenstellung der vorliegenden Abhandlung formuliert ist, gilt es, sich der Frage nach der ursprünglichen Abstammung der schwarzen Rasse zu widmen. Aber ist es überhaupt möglich, sich diesbezüglich auf einen Ursprung festzulegen? Unser heutiger Wissensstand ist von einer eindeutigen oder gar nur befriedigenden Antwort auf diese Frage noch weit entfernt. Des Weiteren würden wir uns diese Frage wahrscheinlich überhaupt nicht stellen, wenn Afrika der einzige Ort mit Schwarzhäutigen wäre. Doch ist dem nicht so, und von den Ländern einmal abgesehen, in denen Populationen schwarzer Hautfarbe erst in neuerer Zeit…

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    Sommerlandschaft. Die Gattin des Künstlers auf einer Brücke, 1879

    Ilja Repin – Der begabte Künstler der Gruppe “The Itinerants”

    December 16, 2021
    Illustration aus Dantes Göttlicher Komödie, Inferno XVII, 72-77, 1824-1827

    Die Poetische Visionen von William Blake

    October 20, 2022
    Sibérie

    Au-delà du froid : Révéler le patrimoine artistique vibrant de la Sibérie

    January 12, 2024
  • African art 4
    Art,  Art and Design,  Art Exhibition,  Ebook,  Français

    Les Arts de l’Afrique noire

    June 18, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Exposition: Au-delà de la comparaison: l’art africain Date: 27 Octobre 2017 – 31 Décembre 2019 Lieu : Musée Bode, Berlin. Origine des Noirs de l’Afrique L’objet du présent ouvrage étant ainsi défini, nous devons commencer par rechercher d’où viennent les Nègres africains. Mais est-il possible de se prononcer sur leur origine première ? Il semble que l’état actuel de nos connaissances ne permet pas encore de répondre à cette question d’une manière définitive ni même seulement satisfaisante. Aussi bien ne nous la poserions-nous pas, sans doute, si l’Afrique était la seule partie du monde à posséder des Nègres. Mais tel n’est pas le cas et, sans parler, bien entendu, des pays où l’apparition de…

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    Russian painting, landscapes

    Soil and Spirit: Russia reflected in Landscape art

    February 24, 2026

    Arte de café

    February 22, 2014
    Guernica, 1937

    Pablo Picasso – Ein Maler unter Dichtern, ein Dichter unter Malern

    September 29, 2022
  • African Art 2
    Art Exhibition,  English,  Printed Art Book

    African Art

    June 7, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Exhibition: Beyond Compare: Art from Africa Date: October 27, 2017 – December 31, 2019 Venue: Bode Museum, Berlin. Origin of the Negro Peoples of Africa It seems that the actual state of our knowledge does not permit us, as yet, to answer this question in a definitive or even a satisfactory manner. Undoubtedly, one would not have even asked the question if Africa were the only part of the world to possess Negroes. But such is not the case and without speaking, of course, of the countries where the advent of the Negro race has taken place only at a recent epoch, as the result of migrations which were generally…

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    Deutsche Künstler an den Höfen Europas

    December 19, 2013

    Griechenland in Farbe

    February 11, 2014

    埃及的超现实主义

    November 1, 2017
  • Art Exhibition,  English

    Learning from Africa

    July 3, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Africa has long been a source of fascination for people from the West. From Cy Endfield’s 1964 classic film Zulu starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker, to Disney’s The Lion King, from Elton John crooning The Circle of Life, to Shakira’s foot-tapping World Cup anthem This Time for Africa*, the land of our origins still maintains a deep hold over our thoughts and is firmly embedded into our culture. When we look at Africa, we see a myriad of possibilities, destinations, languages, cultures, politics, wildlife, levels of wealth and poverty, violence and peace, landscapes, and geography.

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    俄罗斯艺术展

    September 28, 2017

    LA VIOLENCIA EN CONTEXTO

    November 14, 2013

    ¿Se puede considerar a la guerra un arte?

    June 24, 2013
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