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  • Bikini story
    Art,  English

    Small Swimsuit, Big impact – the Story of the Bikini

    July 1, 2025 / 0 Comments

    The bikini is more than just a swimsuit - it's a symbol of style, liberation, and changing social norms. Over time, the bikini evolved from scandalous to iconic, embraced by film stars, fashionistas, and beachgoers alike.

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    Art Nouveau

    July 16, 2018
    Félix Vallotton

    Félix Vallotton: Das scharfe Auge der Nabis

    December 25, 2025
    Depiction of a Grand Kabuki Performance in the Eastern Capital

    Hokusai – Japan’s most internationally-renowned artist, a master of Ukiyo-e art

    January 11, 2022
  • Bikini story
    Art,  Français

    Chauffez votre été : L’histoire du bikini

    June 7, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Plongez dans la riche histoire et l'attrait durable de ce vêtement de plage, en célébrant son rôle dans le façonnement de la culture balnéaire et la redéfinition des notions de beauté et de féminité.

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    GRANDE EXPOSITION: GAUGUIN

    October 18, 2017
    John Myatt (after Vincent Van Gogh), Forgeries-Hidden in Plain Sight

    Shelley’s Art Scandal – Forgeries – Hidden in Plain Sight

    May 18, 2021
    Die Englische Malerei

    Die Grundlagen der Kunst: Die alten Meister in der englischen Malerei

    January 2, 2025
  • Bikini Story
    Art,  English

    Heat up your summer: Exploring the bikini story

    June 4, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Dive into the rich history and enduring allure of this beachwear staple, celebrating its role in shaping beach culture and redefining notions of beauty and femininity.

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    Artemisia Gentileschi - Susanna and the Elders (1610), femmes artistes, Shelley's Art Musings

    Shelley’s Art Musings – Journée internationale de la femme – Célébrer les femmes artistes

    March 10, 2022
    Halloween books

    It’s Halloween Time: Embrace the Spooky Fun!

    October 24, 2023

    Ah, Valentine’s day, the day of love… (Part 3)

    February 14, 2019
  • A swimming pool, Bikini Story
    Art,  English

    Sun, Sand, and Style: The Evolution of the Bikini

    June 6, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The bikini undoubtedly owed a large part of its success to the cinema – which actually featured it at first only because it was scandalous, and scandal filled seats. But it was quite right that there should have been some hesitation over it, for Hollywood had to be careful: initially it banned the bikini from the screen as “too corrupting and immoral.”

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    Schneesturm Hannibal überquert mit seinem Heer die Alpen, 1812

    Turner – der Maler des Lichts – ist der beliebteste englische Künstler der Romantik

    December 30, 2022
    Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528

    Erforschung des Geistes von Dürer: Kunst, Wissenschaft und Humanismus

    October 12, 2023

    ¿En qué piensa el mar?

    March 6, 2014
  • Art,  English

    Hot Summer time, Hot Bikini

    July 19, 2022 / 0 Comments

    On July 1, 1946, at 9 o’clock in the morning, an atomic bomb exploded with a force of 23,000 tons above Bikini, a coral atoll in the South Pacific hitherto virtually unheard of. More than six disarmed warships of the Japanese and American fleets were sunk and more than twice that number were seriously damaged.

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    August 22, 2013
    William Blake

    The Mystic Master: Exploring the Profound Imagination of William Blake

    January 23, 2024
    portrait Christ Pantocrator

    1000 Portraits of Genius

    June 27, 2018
  • L’actrice et romancière Anny Duperey (née en 1946 à Rouen), désignée par beaucoup comme la femme rêvée, dans un bikini bleu ciel à Saint-Tropez, Bikini Story
    Art,  Art and Design,  Français

    Bikini ou Burkini – L’Histoire du Bikini

    May 20, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Ce livre décrypte, à travers l'histoire du bikini, l'évolution de la femme, qui assume désormais son corps et revendique l'égalité des sexes. À travers une iconographie très riche, recueillie chez les grands créateurs, ce sont plus de cinquante années de l'histoire féminine qui s'égrènent tout au long de cet ouvrage.

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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
    Rokoko kunst

    Die Kunst des Rokoko: eine Symphonie der Leichtigkeit und des Charmes

    June 20, 2024

    Das Leben von Hokusai: Japans visionärer Künstler des Ukiyo-e

    December 5, 2024
  • On the beach
    Art,  Art and Design,  English

    Bikini or Burkini – The History of the Bikini

    May 18, 2022 / 0 Comments

    More than a bathing costume, the bikini made its own contribution during the 1970s to the sexual revolution and to the changing relationship between men and women in general.

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    NOTRE DAME DE PARIS: HELLFIRE RAVAGES THE CATHEDRAL

    April 17, 2019
    Ikonen

    Die zeitlose Schönheit der russischen Ikonen

    December 21, 2023
    Le pressionnisme

    Révéler l’histoire cachée des artistes sur les toiles de graffiti

    May 29, 2025
  • Stanley Kubricks Lolita mit Sue Lyon, 1962, Patrik Alac
    Deutsch,  Ebook

    Eine Kulturgeschichte mit Bikini Story

    July 8, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Im Jahre 1946 entdeckt die Welt auf den Marshallinseln ein Atoll namens Bikini, auf dem die Amerikaner verheerende Atomtests durchführen. Weit mehr als nur ein einfaches Badeutensil trägt der Bikini in den 1970er-Jahren wesentlich zur sexuellen Befreiung und den Veränderungen der Beziehung zwischen den Geschlechtern bei.

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    Das vielseitige Genie von Leonardo da Vinci

    August 15, 2024

    Die Linse als Zeitzeuge

    July 24, 2013
    Foyer des Kinos Tuschinski, 1918-1921

    1000 Meisterwerke der Dekorative Kunst: Wo Schönheit auf Handwerkskunst trifft

    July 27, 2023
  • Retouched photo dating from the end of the 19th century showing a temporary changing-cubicle, Patrik Alac
    Ebook,  English

    A Cultural History with Bikini Story

    July 6, 2021 / 0 Comments

    It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. This book is a collection of images throughout this book illustrates this progression step-by-step over a period of more than 50 years.

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    Vincent van Gogh, Le PèreTanguy, 1887. Öl auf Leinwand, 92 x 75 cm. Musée Rodin, Paris.

    Faszination eines Berges

    September 17, 2014
    The Toilet of Venus (The Rokeby Venus)

    The love that Angels create in our hearts

    April 5, 2022
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    Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie … Petit Bikini

    February 28, 2019
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