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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer of innovative and...
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Saint Bridget of Sweden
Saint Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373), Saint Bridget on an Altar Piece, Hermann Rode, late 15th century. Taken from "The Swedish people through the ages. Our country's cultural history in descriptions and images. The second volume. The medieval...
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Anton Bruckner by von Kaulbach
An 1885 oil-on-carton portrait by Hermann von Kaulbach of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96). (Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen)
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Battle of Teutoburg Forest
At the Battle of Teutoburg Forest (aka Battle of Varus), c. 9 CE, a combined force of Germans annihilated a Roman army consisting of three legions including three squadrons of cavalry and six cohorts of auxiliary troops. As some soldiers...
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Oheka Castle
Oheka Castle, built by the industrialist Otto Herman Kahn (l. 1867-1934), is one of the best-known luxury hotels of Long Island, NY, USA today. In its time as a private residence, it was the site of the kind of lavish parties which inspired...
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Episode from the German Peasants' War
Episode from the German Peasants' War, oil on canvas painting by Hermann Eichler, c. 1867.
Belvedere, Vienna.
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Statue of Arminius
A statue of the Germanic leader Arminius (Hermann) who defeated a Roman army at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE. Near Detmold, Germany.
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Black-figure Lekythos Attributed to the Beldam Painter
Black-figure lekythos attributed to the Beldam Painter and thought to depict Lamia being tortured by five satyrs.
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The Vedas
The Vedas are the religious texts which inform the religion of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharma meaning “Eternal Order” or “Eternal Path”). The term veda means “knowledge” in that they are thought to contain the fundamental knowledge...
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Borobudur
The Temple of Borobudur or sometimes "Barabudur" is a Mahayana Buddhist temple located close to Muntilan on the island of Java in Indonesia. Built during the rule of the Sailendra Dynasty (c. 650-1025 CE), Borobudur remains the world's largest...