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  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  Deutsch

    Textile Rebellion

    July 29, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Nietenbesetzte Lederjacken, neonfarbener Irokesenschnitt, tätowierte Haut und Sicherheitsnadeln an allen möglichen und unmöglichen Körperstellen. Wohl eines der geläufigsten Stereotype, das wir mit Punk assoziieren. An die vierzig Jahre ist es mittlerweile her, seit der Journalist Legs McNeil die Hausmauern in Downtown New York mit Plakaten tapezierte, auf denen er ankündigte „Watch Out! Punk is coming!“. Doch noch immer ist die Enstehungsgeschichte, vor allem aber die Bedeutung des Punk umstritten. Handelt es sich dabei um eine Musikbewegung? Ist es eine Jugendkultur? Oder aber liegen die Wurzeln des Punk in einer politisch motivierten Rebellion gegen das gesellschaftliche System der 1970er Jahre? Und wer hat den Punk eigentlich erfunden? War es Sex Pistols-Manager…

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    Gustave Moreau

    La magie symboliste de Gustave Moreau

    April 10, 2026
    Le Christ dans l’art

    Chefs-d’œuvre de la foi : La présence éternelle du le Christ dans l’art

    April 12, 2024

    Crossover in der Kunst – Wunderkammern der Moderne

    December 26, 2013
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  Deutsch

    Die Linse als Zeitzeuge

    July 24, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Nackt, das Gesicht verzerrt von Schmerz, voller Todesangst: wohl kaum ein anderes Bild verdeutlicht die Schrecken des Vietnamkrieges so eindrucksvoll wie das Foto, das die neunjährige Phan Thi Kim Phúc zeigt, wie sie 1972 in Trang Bang, einem Dorf unweit von Saigon, vor einem Napalm-Luftangriff flieht. Die Fotografie verbreitete sich rasch um die ganze Welt und machte das Mädchen zur Ikone des Vietnamkrieges. Rund zehn Jahre zuvor ging Malcolm Brownes schockierende Aufnahme eines brennenden vietnamesischen Mönchs ins kollektive Bildgedächtnis der Menschheit ein – als Manifest für die Auflehnung gegen die Unterdrückung eines Volkes und als Symbol gegen die Instrumentalisierung von Individuen zugunsten der Erreichung eines höheren Ziels. Selbst der damalige…

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    Islam, metalwork, crystals, mosaics

    Islamic Decorative Arts: Metalwork, Rock Crystals and Mosaics

    July 7, 2026
    Raphaël banner

    Joyeux anniversaire, Raphaël!

    April 7, 2023

    Arcimboldo: La Grande “ABBUFFATA”: Une Tradition Italienne D’Arcimboldo à Marc Ferrari

    November 17, 2017
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  English

    Swagga like Us

    July 19, 2013 / 0 Comments

    When T.I. and Jay-Z sang about their unmatched amount of swagga in “Swagga like Us”*, I don’t think they imagined that John Singer Sargent’s niece Rose-Marie Ormond is also known for swagger. Swagger, or grand manner, is used for paintings that suggest noble qualities through visual metaphors, and Sargent is especially known for his swagger portraits. One of his many swagger portraits is The Cashmere Shawl featuring his niece Rose-Marie.

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    Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

    October 24, 2017
    The Book of Wonder

    The wonders of the Tartars in Marco Polo’s legendary book

    June 2, 2026
    David Hockney, Die Pop Art Tradition

    Entdecken Sie die farbenfrohe Welt von David Hockney

    July 2, 2026
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  Français

    L’art et la bataille

    June 26, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Sans avoir jamais posé la question à qui que ce soit, je suis convaincue qu’un certain nombre de personnes vous diront que lorsqu’ils pensent guerre, ils ne pensent pas du tout art, n’en déplaise à la formule de Sun Tzu. Moi je vous dirais qu’au contraire, c’est peut-être un des premiers liens que ferait mon cerveau un chouïa conditionné par l’histoire de l’art – qui nous raconte indéfiniment comment l’histoire, donc, est liée à la pratique artistique, et comment de tous temps les guerres ont eu un impact parfois dramatique et souvent fabuleux, sur les coups de crayon, de pinceau et de burin. Il n’y a pas si longtemps, la…

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    La Vierge et le Christ dans l’art

    Foi et modernisme : Représentations de la Vierge et de l’Enfant au 20e siècle

    April 18, 2025
    Louis Comfort Tiffany

    Louis Comfort Tiffany: Master of Glass, Visionary of Design

    May 6, 2025
    Carl Larsson

    Carl Larsson et la réinvention du quotidien

    September 4, 2026
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  English

    Do not judge a building by its façade.

    June 25, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Public housing has a rather negative image – initially associated with slums and poverty, these areas were (and still generally are) avoided by middle to upper income citizens. Whether in fear of catching starvation, encountering violence, or simply being disturbed to see how the other half really lives, public housing venues are the last place you would find the “well-to-do”. However, this sort of housing can actually be quite nice, and some countries are incorporating it into their city schemes for the entire population, not just the poor, huddled masses.

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    A swimming pool, Bikini Story

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

    June 6, 2023

    PERFECCIÓN ETERNA

    January 2, 2014

    La Madone dans l’art des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles : La tradition rencontre la modernité

    December 19, 2024
  • Art,  Art Exhibition,  English

    ALWAYS Win the War

    June 17, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Now, I’m not one to try and court controversy, but it has occurred to me that the act of war is just good business (for the winners anyway). Let’s take war crimes, death tolls, injuries, post-traumatic stress, and dubious reasons for inciting wars out of the equation for a moment. Instead, look at the opening up of jobs in the military forces. This means that unemployment figures go down, levels of education go up (excellent military and civilian training is provided in all manner of subjects), nationwide happiness is on the up (again, primarily for the winning side), and if we stick to the “to the victor the spoils” philosophy…

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    Nicolas Roerich

    Nicolas Roerich : De l’Himalaya à la toile

    October 17, 2025

    Diego Rivera et Frida Khalo. Encore?

    August 7, 2013
    16th century icon-painting

    Echoes of Faith in 16th-Century Icon-Painting

    April 21, 2026
  • Art Exhibition,  English

    Rad fads & turbulent times

    June 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

    We might all be able to agree that most of the world is a mess. The Americas and Europe have taken a ginormous step back in terms of production, innovation, and general flourishing. Many of our nations and states are in obscene debt which appears to be stagnant or rising and there is no end in sight. So then, what should be next? Vampires and Zombies aren’t getting us anywhere

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    Pre-Raphaelites: The Revolutionary Brotherhood: Return to the Middle Age

    February 26, 2018

    佛罗伦萨的十六世纪意大利艺术:从米开朗基罗、彭托莫到詹博洛尼亚

    October 11, 2017

    No Room in Hollywood

    October 22, 2013
  • Art Exhibition,  Deutsch

    Weniger ist Mehr?

    June 3, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Michelangelo hat seine weltberühmte David-Skulptur aus einem einzigen Block Carrara-Marmor geschlagen. Als er gefragt wurde, wie er dabei vorgegangen sei, soll er geantwortet haben: „Ganz einfach: Ich habe alles weggeschlagen, was nicht David war.“ Das Überflüssige wegnehmen, möglichst alles auf das Wesentliche reduzieren: Dies scheint eine sinnvolle Empfehlung für viele Lebensbereiche zu sein, ganz egal ob es sich dabei um Schminke, den eigenen Satzbau oder die Innengestaltung des neuen Badezimmers handelt. Doch wo beginnt überflüssiger Luxus und was ist ein nettes Extra? Wo fängt der Kitsch an und was ist ein Klassiker? Gerade im Zusammenhang mit Designobjekten stellt sich oft die Frage: Ist das nun Kunst oder kann das weg?

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    Rivalen unter sich

    March 7, 2014
    Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1914-1915, Impressionism

    Impressionism: a Disney movie without all of the singing

    May 2, 2013

    „Bedenke, dass du sterben wirst.”

    November 26, 2013
  • Art Exhibition,  English

    Boys and their Toys

    April 22, 2013 / 0 Comments

    I have to admit, that despite my degree, I am not much of a news junkie. I found the news in the US entirely too depressing – as they rarely report the whole story or about anything that is worthy of the attention it is given. Seriously guys? The whole nation needs to be let in on the (what will sooner than later be considered an itty-bitty) scandal at Rutgers? Move on; leave Rutgers alone; it’s not relevant to anyone that wasn’t in that video. ::exits THAT soap box:: So, when the grapevine informed me

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    Swagga like Us

    July 19, 2013

    马格利特、布达埃尔及当代艺术

    October 5, 2017

    Shelley’s Art Musing – “Cover up that bosom, which I can’t endure to look on”. (Tartuffe, Molière)

    December 28, 2017
  • Art Exhibition,  Italiano

    Scarpe, servo delle mie brame, siete le più belle

    March 25, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Non è una novità che alla major parte delle donne piacciono le scarpe. Rappresentano per noi, ragazze,  una specie di gioielli che si scelgono secondo il vestito portato. Le scarpe hanno una dimenzione estetica essentiale e accentuano il glamour. Chi, all’esempio di Carrie Bradshaw non ha mai sognato di poter avere un bellissimo dressing pieno di scarpe ? Chi, non ha mai passato una serata sofferendo di male di piede incredibile perché le sue scarpe non erano comode pero … erano belle ? A me piacciono particolarmente i tacchi e le sandale d’estate. Perché ? I tacchi mi rendono più alta, mi stendono la  “silhouette” e  le gambe e sono…

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    Andy Warhol

    January 30, 2019

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

    May 17, 2021

    KLEE: A Contrapunctal (e) Motion

    November 19, 2018
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