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The Pleasure House, Stuttgart
Ruins of the New Pleasure House (Lusthaus), Stuttgart Palace Garden. One of the most important buildings of the German Renaissance, it underwent numerous conversions, which was followed by demolition in 1844/45. The remains were moved...
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Ancient Celtic Sculpture
The sculpture of the ancient Celts between 700 BCE and 400 CE is nothing if not varied as artists across Europe developed their own ideas and borrowed what interested them from neighbouring cultures. Early Celtic stone and wood sculptures...
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Luther at the Diet of Worms
Luther at the Diet of Worms, painted in 1877 CE by Anton Werner (1843-1915 CE). The painting depicts Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546 CE) speaking to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire (1500–1558 CE) at the Diet of Worms in April 1521 CE. From...
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Aline Gauguin by Gauguin
An 1890 oil on canvas portrait, Aline Gauguin (aka The Artist's Mother), by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. The artist's mother was Aline Marie Chazal and she had died nearly 25 years before this painting was...
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Eos in Her Four-horse Chariot
Eos in her four-horse chariot, detail of terracotta red-figure lekanis vase attributed to the Stuttgart group, from Canosa, late 300s BCE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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The Trichtingen Torc
The Trichtingen torc, discovered near the town of that name in Germany. Perhaps dating to the 2nd century BCE, it is made of silver-plated iron. It measures 29.5 cm (11.5 in) in diameter and weighs 6.7 kilos (14.8 lbs). Landesmuseum Württemberg...
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Andronikos III Palaiologos
Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (r. 1328-1341 CE). 14th-century CE miniature. Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek.
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James II of Scotland by von Ehingen
A portrait of James II of Scotland (r. 1437-1460 CE) by Jörg von Ehingen. 1450s CE. (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Germany)
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Lancaster Bomber
The Avro 683 Lancaster bomber was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). Lancasters were particularly used in nighttime bombing raids and could carry the heaviest bombs ever...
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Allied Bombing of Germany
The Allied strategic bombing of Germany during World War II (1939-45) involved British and U.S. bomber planes attacking industrial cities, factories, railways, airfields, and dams. Over 600,000 civilians died as a consequence. The campaign...