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Sun, Sand, and Style: The Evolution of the Bikini
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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Die poetische Einsamkeit des Menschen gegenüber dem “American Way of Life” bei Hopper
Seine Bilder sind in kalten Farben gehalten und von anonymen Charakteren bevölkert und spiegeln auf diese Weise symbolisch die Zeit der Weltwirtschaftskrise wider. Der Autor wirft auf der Basis einer Reihe unterschiedlicher Reproduktionen (Stiche, Aquarelle und Ölgemälde) und mit Hilfe thematischer und künstlerischer Analysen ein neues Licht auf die rätselhafte und gequälte Welt dieses wichtigen Malers..
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Hot Summer time, Hot Bikini
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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Bikini or Burkini – The History of the Bikini
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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A Cultural History with Bikini Story
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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Turner, encore et encore
Qui dit Turner, dit paysages. Et paysages de nature déchaînée de préférence. C’est sans doute pour ça que Turner est l’un des plus célèbres peintres en la matière, notamment auprès du grand public, et que les expositions qui lui sont consacrées sont toujours un succès. Car la nature qu’il dépeint n’est pas simplement mignonne ou pittoresque. Non, ses tableaux relèvent du Sublime. Ils représentent ce moment où tout est sur le point de basculer. Ils ouvrent un œil du cyclone sur la toile et happent le spectateur au cœur du drame. La facture de Turner est virulente et expressive. Les coups de pinceau ne se cachent pas et trahissent le…
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Art of India
India, a country full of myths and legends – or at least in the view of a Westerner. No doubt India has a fascinating culture, an interesting history, and a long tradition in the fine arts. But when it comes to thinking about India it is always the Taj Mahal we picture. For many a symbol of love beyond death, it should also be a symbol for miserable financing as its construction led to an empty treasury. The next big thing that comes to mind is the huge film industry of Bollywood which has gathered more and more fans around the world over the last years. With its dancing and…
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Art for One Billion People and More
There is no doubt that today China is one of the big global players. A country whose history reaches back more than 4,000 years and which today has the world’s biggest population impresses in every possible way. But besides the ongoing news about the economic strength of the long-awakened dragon it is Chinese culture especially that is fascinating the rest of the world. In this regard it is not only the country’s long history, its traditions and achievements of an era long ago – everyone has heard about the many myths and legends which entwine the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, symbols for the grandeur of imperial China. But…
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What is Love?
Love. Love is, waking up late on the weekend. Love is, frosty, autumn mornings, breath fogging the air. Love is, smelling the cut grass on a hot summer’s day. Love is, feeling the steam rise off the ground after a tropical rain storm. Love is, laughter.
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Gustave Caillebotte, mécène bourgeois impressionniste
Caillebotte est mort jeune, à 46 ans, et n’est pas particulièrement connu du grand public bien qu’il ait fait partie des impressionnistes. Issu d’une famille bourgeoise parisienne, il n’a jamais eu à se soucier des lendemains, se tenait loin de Montmartre et des cocottes parisiennes et ne peignait pas pour vivre mais pour son plaisir personnel. Fasciné par la vie citadine, par la modernité qui envahit Paris, ses toiles sont simples, sans artifices et sans cette sensation d’esprit tourmenté qu’on rencontre chez Van Gogh par exemple. Peut-être sont-elles trop simples. Qui serait réellement intéressé aujourd’hui par des vues de maisons campagnardes bourgeoises entourées de fleurs ou de couples se promenant…
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