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Can it be possible to prove the genius of an architect with just two adjacent apartment buildings? I think so. But that's certainly not to say that Otto Wagner (1841-1918) did not create plenty of …
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As International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed today – January 27 – two important efforts by the Chelsea Football Club are making news. Last Thursday, as part of the club's "Say No to …
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Having earlier touched briefly on the Vienna Secession movement (What is the Vienna Secession? October 29, 2019) and on its connection with Art Nouveau in Vienna (toward the end of More Art Nouveau …
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It was on November 14, 2009, from Nairobi, Kenya, that I uploaded the first post to my new blog. Because I was in Africa, it made sense to play with the "journey" idea as I sought to come up with a …
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Americans are at a disadvantage when answering our title question because the word "secession" is so identified with our Civil War. When eleven southern states each announced that they were seceding …
In the spring of 2017, visiting Amsterdam with my cousin, we were able to wander across the street (well, with the help of our hotel’s concierge) to the Van Gogh Museum to spend a morning with Prints …
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