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...Barenboim caused a flurry of controversy when he led a performance of Wagner’s opera “Tristan und Isolde” in Israel. Prior to the performance, the country had maintained an informal ban on the music of Wagner, whose compositions are said to have influenced Adolph Hitler...
...Saxe-Coburg-und-Gotha...
...Financed by the German Cultural Foundation and run by the Goethe Institute, the site is intended to promote among foreign readers an appreciation of the works of contemporary German authors?a laudable goal, given that the land of the Dichter und Denker (poets and thinkers) still translates twice as many books a year into German as it does from German into other languages. For those who don't know enough German to read the downloadable sample texts, litrix.de also offers specimen translations in English and Arabic; next year, the third language will switch to Chinese...
...fiction, nonfiction and children's titles each month. Financed by the German Cultural Foundation and run by the Goethe Institute, the site is intended to promote among foreign readers an appreciation of the works of contemporary German authors - a laudable goal, given that the land of the Dichter und Denker Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike...
Given the Sturm und Drang of his life, you would fully expect Modigliani to draw like Egon Schiele, tormented figures tied into knots by their own perplexities. Instead he deployed the most serene line in the whole School of Paris, a line that stretches back four centuries to the elongated figures of Pontormo and Parmigianino. Modigliani came to Paris not only as a Jew but also as an Italian, steeped in the art of the quattrocento and the High Renaissance and their Mannerist aftermath. You find the sources of his poised, limpid line in the elegant whiplashing of Botticelli...