This story
begins with the German organic chemist Hermann Hille. Hermann was born on June
7, 1871 in Mölln, Northern Germany, the city where the famous prankster Till Eulenspiegel
presumably died in 1350. The young Hermann studied in Würzburg and received his
PhD in 1900 in Heidelberg for his mere 42-page study Ueber das primäre und sekundäre symmetrische Hydrazid der Propionsäure
und Valeriansäure. The title sounds as if the 29-year old Hermann was a
bright young guy in his field. That is why he was soon recruited by a
young American chemist, Albert Coombs Barnes, who lured him into an adventure
in the USA. It was to be a great adventure.
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06 October 2012
19 July 2012
The suffragette and the Dodge heiress at The Art Archives
Muriel and Gilbert on their honeymoon, 1891. |
05 March 2012
Membership list Theosophical Society online at TheArtArchives
On January 1, 1915 the Theosophical Society registered its 57.762th
member at the headquarters in Adyar, India.The popularity of the
society had increased immensely. More people joined the society in this
decade compared to the 30-year period 1875-1905.
Many new countries are now represented, e.g. Hungary, Finland,
Cuba, Egypt, Tasmania, Mauritius, Russia, South-Africa, Greece, Turkey.
And the first Japanese member registered.
All 57.761 members can now be studied at TheArtArchives!
The list shows a colorful bunch of people: Karl Wolfskehl, Piet
Mondrian, Yiddu Krishnamurti, Christian Morgenstern, Fritz von
Herzmanovsky, Ada Fuller, Emily Lutyens, Ely Star, Ananda Coomaraswamy,
Marie Langen-von Strachwitz, Countess Maria Radziwill, Baroness Maya Knoop, Henri Soubeyran
de Saint-Prix and Prince Mohamed Riza Khan.
Behind every name is a story, sometimes with a surprising twist. Today the story of the Lithuanian Count Maurycy Prozor
03 March 2012
The story of Count Prozor
On January 1, 1915 the Theosophical Society registered its 57.762th
member at the headquarters in Adyar, India.The popularity of the
society had increased immensely. More people joined the society in this
decade, compared to the 30-year period 1875-1905.
All 57.761 members can now be studied at TheArtArchives!
The list shows a colorful bunch op people: Karl Wolfskehl, Piet Mondrian, Yiddu Krishnamurti, Christian Morgenstern, Fritz von Herzmanovsky, Ada Fuller, Emily Lutyens, Ely Star, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Marie Langen-von Strachwitz, Countess Maria Radziwill, Henri Soubeyran de Saint-Prix and Prince Mohamed Riza Khan.
Today the story of the Lithuanian Count Maurycy Prozor.
22 December 2011
Der aufgeklärte Künstler
Konferenz: Touché! Die magische und technische Evidenz
der Medien
Veranstalter: IFK
Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften an der Kunstuniversität
Linz, in Kooperation mit dem DFG-Forschungsprojekt der Universität Siegen.
Datum, Ort: 15.12.2011-16.12.2011,
Wien, Reichsratsstraße 17, 1010 Wien.
Programm: http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=17901
ORF Radio Programm: http://oe1.orf.at/programm/295462
ORF Radio Programm: http://oe1.orf.at/programm/295462
Vor zwei Jahren hat die holländische ‚pagan’ Musikgruppe Omnia das CD Wolf love veröffentlicht. Dieses CD trägt ein Motto des bekannten
englischen Comicsautors Alan Moore, eine Rasputin ähnliche Erscheinung:
Art is like Magick … It’s the science of manipulating symbols, sounds or
images to achieve changes in consciousness. It is not the job of the Artist to
give the audience what they want. It’s the job of the Artist to give the
audience what they need. If the audience knew what they needed, then they wouldn’t
be the audience, they would be the Artist.
18 November 2011
Art & Western Esotericism: from rejected knowledge to blockbuster
From 1996 onwards,
Dutch art historians Marty Bax, Andréa Kroon and Audrey Wagtberg
Hansen have realized various projects aimed at drawing attention to the
relationship between ‘art & western esotericism’. Because our goals have
largely been realized, we feel the time has come to focus on other lacunas in
our knowledge of art history. This column therefore marks the end of our joint ‘lobby’
for this fascinating subject.
Art and religion are
closely related. Like the main world religions, lesser known religious currents
have also provided artists with inspiration. Freemasonry, spiritualism,
theosophy and anthroposophy for instance, were relevant to the development of
modern art. Within the academic Study of Religions, these organisations are
seen as part of western
esotericism: an umbrella term for a group of related currents, which date
back to the gnosis of Antiquity, the hermetic philosophy of the Renaissance and
the ‘occult’ sciences (alchemy, magic, astrology).
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