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  • ukiyo-e
    Art,  Deutsch,  History

    Ukiyo-E: Erkundung der Themen der fließenden Welt Japans

    January 23, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Ukiyo-E-Künstler wie Hokusai und Hiroshige hielten die Eleganz der Natur, die Lebendigkeit des Stadtlebens und die Vergänglichkeit des Vergnügens fest und schufen ein visuelles Vermächtnis, das die Welt bis heute inspiriert und fasziniert.

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    La Peinture Russe

    L’âge d’or de la peinture russe : Tradition et innovation

    March 28, 2025

    Gallé: La fragilité du temps

    January 31, 2018
    Gothic art

    Gothic Art and Architecture: Building a spiritual legacy in stone and light

    November 26, 2024
  • Ukiyo-E
    Art,  English,  History

    Ukiyo-E: Exploring the themes of Japan’s floating world

    January 21, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Ukiyo-E artists, such as Hokusai and Hiroshige, captured the elegance of nature, the vibrancy of city life, and the ephemerality of pleasure, creating a visual legacy that continues to inspire and fascinate the world.

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    Deesis, Christus in Majestät unter den Cherubim, die Muttergottes und Sankt Johannes der Täufer, der Apostel Petrus und der Apostel Paulus, 14. Jahrhundert, Ikonen

    Eine repräsentative Auswahl an IKONEN vom 11. Jahrhundert bis zum Spätbarock

    April 14, 2022
    Bra and panties ensemble

    Lingerie: More Than Just Underwear

    May 9, 2023
    La Mort de Casagemas, 1901

    La période bleue et au-delà : Picasso et son empreinte intemporelle sur le monde de l’art

    August 18, 2023
  • Art,  Deutsch,  History

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

    December 5, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), einer der berühmtesten Künstler Japans, ist vor allem für seinen legendären Holzschnitt Die große Welle vor Kanagawa bekannt. Hokusai, der sich immer wieder neu erfand, strebte bis in seine späten Jahre nach künstlerischer Exzellenz und hinterließ ein Vermächtnis, das Künstler auf der ganzen Welt inspiriert und beeinflusst.

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    Exhibition: “NSK from Kapital to Capital. Neue Slowenische Kunst”

    October 11, 2017
    Micheline Bernardini im ersten Bikini von Louis Réard

    Bikini oder Burkini – Die Geschichte des Bikinis

    May 19, 2022
    Shah Jahan, The Taj Mahal, 1638-1648. White marble, jasper, jade, crystal, turquoise, lapis lazuli, sapphire, carnelian, etc. Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

    Art of India

    September 1, 2014
  • Art,  English,  History

    The life of Hokusai: Japan’s visionary artist of Ukiyo-e

    December 3, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), one of Japan’s most celebrated artists, is best known for his iconic woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Constantly reinventing himself, Hokusai pursued artistic excellence well into his later years, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire and influence artists worldwide.

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    What Boston Loves

    March 4, 2014
    L'Origine du monde

    Art ou scandale ? L’héritage controversé de L’Origine du monde de Courbet

    February 16, 2024
    Albrecht Dürer, Ruin of a Castle on top of a rock near a river (“Altes Schloss”), 1495, Landscape painting

    An exceptional panorama of Landscape painting

    April 19, 2022
  • Utamaro
    Art,  Deutsch

    Kitagawa Utamaro, der Meister des Ukiyo-e und seine bahnbrechenden Porträts von Edo

    February 8, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Utamaro, ein bedeutender japanischer Ukiyo-e-Künstler der Edo-Zeit, ist für seine exquisiten Farbholzschnitte bekannt. Seine meisterhaften Darstellungen von bijin-ga oder Bildern schöner Frauen fangen die Essenz der schwimmenden Welt mit unvergleichlicher Eleganz ein.

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    Statue à tête de poisson de vase (Bénin)

    Les Arts de l’Afrique noire : Inspirations anciennes, expressions modernes

    July 21, 2023
    Studio Biederer für den Ostra Verlag, Nr. 508,1935

    Nostalgie, wenn du uns erst einmal hast…

    February 10, 2022
    Georges de la Tour, Die Anbetung der Hirten, erste Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts

    Die Jungfrau Maria in der Kunst des frühen Mittelalters bis zu der frühen Neuzeit

    December 15, 2022
  • Utamaro
    Art,  English

    Kitagawa Utamaro, the Master of Ukiyo-e and his Pioneering Portraits of Edo

    February 6, 2024 / 0 Comments

    Utamaro, a prominent Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, is renowned for his exquisite woodblock prints. His masterful portrayal of bijin-ga, or images of beautiful women, captures the essence of the Floating World with unparalleled elegance.

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

    Die Poetische Visionen von William Blake

    October 20, 2022

    Byzanz – Konstantinopel – Istanbul

    January 8, 2014

    Schwarze Soldaten im Zweiten Weltkrieg

    November 19, 2013
  • Temple of Hera I (The Basilica), and Temple of Hera II (Temple of Poseidon), Paestum, c. 550 BCE and c. 450 BCE
    Art,  Art and Design,  English

    Eternal Testaments of Brilliance: 1000 Monuments of Genius

    March 14, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Since the mythical Tower of Babel, humans have continuously tried to erect monuments to match their oversized egos. With ancient ziggurats, the Taj Mahal or the Empire State Building, man has for centuries demonstrated his force by raising structures for purposes both religious and profane.

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    October 17, 2013
    Terrasse de café la nuit - Van Gogh 1888

    Les rêveries artistiques de Shelley – Pleins feux sur les oiseaux de nuit d’Edward Hopper

    November 19, 2021
    Italian painting

    Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Early Italian Painting from Giotto to Ghiberti

    May 2, 2024
  • Die abendliche Frische am Ufer des Sumida (Okawa-bata yuryo), c. 1795-1796
    Art,  Deutsch

    Utamaro – Bilder der die schwebenden Welt

    February 2, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Die Farbholzschnitte von Utamaro sind, wie Edmond de Goncourt schrieb, „Wunder der Kunst“, bei denen er die Drucke zu einem Grad der Perfektion führte, die absolut und endgültig ist. Der Einfluss, den Utamaro, Hiroshige und andere Meister des Ukiyo-e ausübten, revolutionierte in der ganzen Welt der Kunst das Gefühl für die Farben.

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    Artworks of Vallotton

    March 23, 2020
    Enkaustik

    Die lebendige Welt der Enkaustik: Techniken und Meisterwerke

    January 30, 2025

    SAN MÓVIL

    October 25, 2013
  • Musashi Moor (Musashino), c. 1798-1799
    Art,  English

    Utamaro – Pictures of the floating world

    January 31, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The coloured prints of Utamaro are, as Edmond de Goncourt wrote, a “miracle of art” in which he brought these impressions to an absolute and unsurpassable degree of perfection. The influence of Utamaro, Hiroshige and other masters of Ukiyo-e* revolutionised the sense of colour in the world of art.

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    Portail, citadelle d’Ark. Boukhara

    Marco Polo et la Route de la Soie

    June 24, 2022
    Wassily Kandinsky

    Abstract world of Wassily Kandinsky and the sound of painting

    January 20, 2026
    La Peinture Anglaise

    Les fondements de l’art : Les vieux maîtres de la peinture anglaise

    January 3, 2025
  • Kanbara, from the series “Fifty-three stages of the Kisokaido”, Tokaido gojusan-tsugi: Kanbara, 1835-42
    Art,  English

    Hiroshige – One of the the most famous Japanese artistic productions

    January 24, 2023 / 0 Comments

    The art of the Ukiyo-e reflected the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation which, when it became accessible to the West, significantly influenced a number of European artists. The three masters of Ukiyo-e: Hokusai, Utamaro and Hiroshige, are united here for the first time to create a true reference on Japanese art.

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    October 30, 2017

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