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(2024-02-07 13:34:50)
AfamousDresdenmovement[1]
TheartgroupTheBridge(DieBrücke[2])(1905-1913)
In1905fourarchitecturestudentsErnstLudwigKirchner[3],ErichHeckel[4],KarlSchmidt-Rottluff[5]andFritzBleyl[6]inDresdenfoundedtheartistgroupTheBridge,whichisthemostimportantrepresentativeofGermanexpressionism.
In1906EmilNolde[7],MaxPechstein[8],theSwisspainterCunoAmiet[9]andtheDutchLambetusZijl[10]joinedthegroup...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-06 13:27:51)
Theromanticlife[1]Themuseumoftheromanticlife[2],situatedon16rue[3]Chaptalinthe9tharrondissement[4]inParis,wasoncethehomeofthepainterArySheffer[5],ahomeofinspirationandacenacleofromance.ThewriterGeorgeSand[6](pseudonymofAmandine-Aurore-LucilleDupin)livedthereforseveralyearswithherloverFrédéricChopin[7].Today,themuseumhousesthememoriesofGeorgeSand,manyobjectsbelongtothisextraordinarywo...[阅读全文]
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Imitation[1]GabrieleWohmann[2]Translatedbyxia23I.Theyenteredthebar,andheguidedhertoanintimatecornertable.Hiseyeswereaffectionateandrough,possessive.Shebreathedheavily,uncertaintyandhopelayinhershininggaze. Youareprettysweet,saidhesoftly.Sheshookherhead,laughed.Hesworeittoher,encircledhersmallfingerwithonehand,askingifshewantedtodance.Theydanced,pressedeachothertogetheryetstilltoofarapartfromeachot...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-03 13:26:10)
TristanandIsolde[1]TristanisseverelywoundedonajourneyinIreland.IsoldetakescareofthewoundedTristanwithmagicmedicalherbs.TristanhastotraveltothecourtofkingMarkeinCornwall.Therehefindsout,MarkewantstomarryIsolde;andTristanhimselfissupposedtopersuadeIsoldetomarrytheking.OnthetriptoKingMarke,TristanandIsoldedrinkacupofwinewithoutknowingthatitisalovepotion.TristanandIsoldeloveeachotherandmeetsecretlyinK...[阅读全文]
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AveryfamousFrankfurterJohannWolfgangvonGoethe(1749-1832)[1]JohannWolfgangvonGoethewasbornonAugust28,1749inFrankfurt.HewastaughtbyhisfatherJohannCaparGoetheandstudiedlawlaterathisfather’swishinLeipzigandStrassburg.AfterashortcareerasalawyerinFrankfurthebegantowrite,manyofhismostknownworkswerewritteninFrankfurtduringhisearlyyears.Goetheinterestedinliterature,artandlikehisfatheralsothenaturalsc...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-01 13:16:38)
AfamousLeipzigwomanClaraSchumann[1](1819-1896) Translatedbyxia23 ClaraJosephineWieckwasbornonSeptember13,1819.Attheage5shebegantakingpianolessonsfromhisfatherFriedrichWieck.Whenshewas9yearsold,shehadherfirstperformanceattheLeipzigGewandhaus;at11,shegaveherfirstsoloconcertattheGewandhaus.ShebeganhergreatinternationalcareerastheLeipzigpianistandcomposerClaraWieck.Whenshewas21,shemarriedRobertS...[阅读全文]
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Beforethelaw[1] FranzKafka[2] Translatedbyxia23 Adoorkeeperstandsbeforethelaw.Amanfromthelandcomestothedoorkeeperandasksforadmittancetothelaw.Butthedoorkeepersays,thathecouldnotgrandhimtheentrynow.Themanthinksitoverandasksifhecouldbeallowedtoenterlater.“Itispossible”,thedoorkeepersays,“butnotnow”.Asthedoortothelawisopenasusualandthedoorkeeperstepsaside,themanbendso...[阅读全文]
(2024-01-30 14:30:49)
AfamousMüncherChristianMorgenstern(1871-1914)[1]
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ChristianMorgenstern[2]wasbornonMay6,1871inMunich.Afterhedroppedoutfromhislawschoolhestartedtowrite.Hefirstwroteliteratureandtheatercriticismfordifferentnewspapersandmagazines.In1905hepublishedhisfirstpoemcollectionGallowsSongs,fromwhichthefollowingpoemwasselected:
Thewater
Withoutaword,withoutaword
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(2024-01-29 15:23:10)
Partyatnoon[1]
YvonneVávra[2]
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FivekindsofcrispbreadsandonebrightSwedeareattheentranceoftheFrannz-ClubinBerlin.Hereitisthesameforthenoonat12p.m.,afunthing:movementinsteadofheavyfood,inspirationinsteadofmiddaylow.“Atthelunchbeatpeoplecleartheirheadbydancing,starttherestofdayrefreshedandmotivatefortherestofthesay”,saystheSwede,Olabyname.Itcosts10Euros...[阅读全文]
