Architecture
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the Prussian City Scapes
On March 13, 1781, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel was born, who was one of the…
Art
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the Prussian City Scapes
On March 13, 1781, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel was born, who was one of the…
Literature
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Egon Friedell’s Fascinating Cutural Histories
On 16 March 1938, at about 22:00, two SA men arrived at the house of prominent Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist…
Music
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Leo Fender and the Success of the Electric Guitar
On March 21, 1991, American inventor “Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender passed away. Fender developed the first solid-body electric guitar to be mass-produced:…
Poetry
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August Wilhelm Schlegel and his Shakespeare Translations
On September 8, 1767, German poet, translator, and critic August Wilhelm Schlegel was born, who became a foremost leader of…
