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Emilie Mayer
Emilie Mayer  by Ute-Gabriela Schneppat Emilie Mayer  by Ute-Gabriela SchneppatEmilie Mayer(* 14 May 1812 in Friedland; †10 April 1883 in Berlin) Emilie Mayer is probably the first professional female composer. In contemporary reviews she was celebrated as a...
Misia – muse, patron and model
Misia – Muse, Mäzenin und Model von Anja Weinberger Misia - muse, patron and model by Anja WeinbergerI first came across the name Misia Sert when I was looking for a topic for my diploma thesis. The course of study...
Café a la Pompadour
It may sound like good fiction, but it has been proven to have happened exactly like that: The young bourgeois daughter Jeanne-Antoinette was prophesied at a very early age that a king would one day fall in love with her. What a bold statement at a time when there were hardly any points of contact between the world of the nobility and that of the commoner. And yet that was exactly what was going to happen!
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The latest contributions
Emilie Mayer
Emilie Mayer  by Ute-Gabriela Schneppat Emilie Mayer  by Ute-Gabriela SchneppatEmilie Mayer(* 14 May 1812 in Friedland; †10 April 1883 in Berlin) Emilie Mayer is probably the first professional female composer. In contemporary reviews she was celebrated as a...
Misia – muse, patron and model
Misia – Muse, Mäzenin und Model von Anja Weinberger Misia - muse, patron and model by Anja WeinbergerI first came across the name Misia Sert when I was looking for a topic for my diploma thesis. The course of study...
Café a la Pompadour
It may sound like good fiction, but it has been proven to have happened exactly like that: The young bourgeois daughter Jeanne-Antoinette was prophesied at a very early age that a king would one day fall in love with her. What a bold statement at a time when there were hardly any points of contact between the world of the nobility and that of the commoner. And yet that was exactly what was going to happen!
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Melitta coffee filter
Melitta coffee filterby Thomas StieglerMelitta coffee filterby Thomas StieglerAround 1900, drinking coffee was no longer a luxury. For many people, it was as much a part of the day as the midday soup or saying grace.But although it was becoming increasingly popular,...
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker by Anja Weinberger Paula Modersohn-Becker by Anja Weinberger For many years I have been fascinated by the paintings of Paula Modersohn-Becker. The touching figures, the earthy colors, the direct gaze that fixes you out of many...
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