The Sliced Time
Schnitt der Zeit
Carl von Marr
Chronos as a winged, dark and towering figure with a scythe and hourglass amidst a procession of naked men and women who approach the end (of their time or their youth?).
The sky hangs so low over the mountain plateau that the angels can grasp the hourglass of Chronos with their hands.
Nevertheless it is a bright summer day, the sky is blue, the angels are floating, gliding around, coming out of the light, the procession of the laden, - in the distance, over green hills covered with cypresses, a landscape shimmering in radiant blue.
Schnitt der Zeit
Carl von Marr
Chronos as a winged, dark and towering figure with a scythe and hourglass amidst a procession of naked men and women who approach the end (of their time or their youth?).
The sky hangs so low over the mountain plateau that the angels can grasp the hourglass of Chronos with their hands.
Nevertheless it is a bright summer day, the sky is blue, the angels are floating, gliding around, coming out of the light, the procession of the laden, - in the distance, over green hills covered with cypresses, a landscape shimmering in radiant blue.
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on War Carl von Clausewitz
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If they censor it on the grounds that it’s “dangerous” or conspiratorial, it’s the truth.
Beauty in Chinese
Every country has its own concept of beauty. For a long time, small "lotus" feet were considered the canon of female beauty in China. Their appearance was as shocking to Europeans as the ways in which the foot was achieved.
The dressing of the feet began at about the age of five. Mothers wrapped narrow strips of cloth around their children's feet. For the next five years, girls wore the strips all day and night without taking them off. As the child grew, the shape of her feet slowly changed. In doing so, they had to endure physical, terrible pain.
This crippling tradition lasted for ten centuries, and did not disappear until the 20th century.
Every country has its own concept of beauty. For a long time, small "lotus" feet were considered the canon of female beauty in China. Their appearance was as shocking to Europeans as the ways in which the foot was achieved.
The dressing of the feet began at about the age of five. Mothers wrapped narrow strips of cloth around their children's feet. For the next five years, girls wore the strips all day and night without taking them off. As the child grew, the shape of her feet slowly changed. In doing so, they had to endure physical, terrible pain.
This crippling tradition lasted for ten centuries, and did not disappear until the 20th century.
The word “barbarian” originated in ancient Greece, and was initially used to describe all non-Greek-speaking peoples.
The ancient Greek word “bárbaros,” from which it derives, meant “babbler,” and was onomatopoeic: In the Greek ear, speakers of a foreign tongue made unintelligible sounds (“bar bar bar”). Similar words exist in other Indo-European languages, including the Sanskrit “barbara,” which means “stammering.”
The ancient Greek word “bárbaros,” from which it derives, meant “babbler,” and was onomatopoeic: In the Greek ear, speakers of a foreign tongue made unintelligible sounds (“bar bar bar”). Similar words exist in other Indo-European languages, including the Sanskrit “barbara,” which means “stammering.”
Forwarded from Old and New European Art and Aesthetics
Orpheus and Eurydice (1876). Emil Neide (German, 1842-1908).