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  • Bikini Story
    Art,  English

    The Bikini: A Cultural Revolution in Two Pieces

    July 14, 2026 / 0 Comments

    More than a swimwear trend, bikini became an emblem of changing lifestyles and the growing empowerment of women in the twentieth century and beyond.

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    Happy New Year 2021

    December 31, 2020
    Christ in art

    Divine Depictions: The Christ in Art Through the Ages

    December 26, 2023
    Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum. Buchara, Usbekistan, Marco Polo

    Marco Polo und die Seidenstraße

    June 23, 2022
  • 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 of war

    The Art of War – When the battle becomes a work of art

    June 24, 2025
    Turner-self-portrait

    J.M.W. Turner

    July 9, 2018
    Georges de Feure, Das Tor zu Träumen II, 1898

    Jugendstil – Die Wunder der Joaillerie, Bijouterie, Silber, Glas, Mosaik und Keramik

    February 9, 2023
  • 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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    Consumption of “Laudanum”

    Just One Hit

    July 14, 2014
    Claude Monet

    Claude Monet: From one painting to many visions

    November 12, 2025

    Ichundichundich

    November 1, 2013
  • 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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    Griechenland in Farbe

    February 11, 2014
    Christ in art

    Masterpieces of Faith: The Eternal Presence of Christ in Art

    April 9, 2024

    Shelley’s Art Musings – The Follies of the ‘Sand’ Louvre, which acquired the Leonardo da Vinci painting at $450 million

    December 15, 2017
  • 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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    World War I and the Visual Arts

    October 30, 2017

    No 252 Kenneth Price

    February 17, 2014
    The Madonna in art

    The Madonna in 18th and 19th-century art: Tradition meets modernity

    December 17, 2024
  • 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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    Christliche Kunst

    Christliche Kunst – Ein zeitloses Bild von Glaube, Menschlichkeit und Göttlichkeit

    May 22, 2025

    Verziert Objekte: Wo die Kreativität keine Grenzen kennt

    November 9, 2023
    Die Kunst der Schuhe

    Von Sandalen bis zu Sneakers: Die faszinierende Geschichte der Schuhe

    November 23, 2023
  • 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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    Hans Holbein : la beauté à l’épreuve de la réalité

    February 21, 2014

    Feetishism

    March 8, 2019
    Battersea Reach, ca. 1863

    James McNeill Whistler – Né sous une étoile errante

    February 18, 2022
  • 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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    Best Romantic Art Books for Valentine’s Day

    January 29, 2018

    De Charlize Theron à Nam June Paik

    July 25, 2013
    Christliche Kunst

    Christliche Kunst – Ein zeitloses Bild von Glaube, Menschlichkeit und Göttlichkeit

    May 22, 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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    Der mittelalterliche Iran, Persiens

    Im mittelalterlichen Iran: Die Kunst einer Zivilisation

    February 19, 2026
    Christus in der Kunst

    Göttliche Darstellungen: Der Christus in der Kunst durch die Jahrhunderte

    December 28, 2023
    Die Kunst der Schuhe

    Die Kunst der Schuhe

    September 7, 2018
  • 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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    H. Mailly: Porträt von Gautier.

    Rausch in der Literatur: von Gautier bis Cocteau

    July 22, 2014

    Andy Warhol

    January 30, 2019
    Eugene-Delacroix -4

    Eugène Delacroix

    June 15, 2018
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