Architecture
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Von Knobelsdorff and the Sanssouci Palace
On February 17, 1699, Prussian painter and architect Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff was born. Influenced as an architect by French…
Art
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Johann Heinrich Füssli and the Rise of Romanticism
On February 7, 1741, Swiss-English painter and publicist Johann Heinrich Füssli – in the UK better known as Henry Fuseli…
Literature
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The Lyric Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
On February 27, 1807, American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born. He was the first American to translate…
Music
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Antonio Stradivari and his famous Strings
On December 18, 1737, famous Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari passed away. Besides violins Stradivari also crafted cellos, guitars, violas, and harps.…
Poetry
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Modernism and Poetic Tradition – the Works of Rainer Maria Rilke
On December 4, 1875, Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke was born. With his dingly poetry, completed in the…
