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Goslar
Goslar , city (1994 pop. 46,190), Lower Saxony, central Germany, at the northern foot of the Harz Mts. Since its founding in the 10th cent. Goslar has been a mining center. Today, copper, lead, zinc, iron, and sulfur are mined. Manufactures of the city include textiles, clothing, and chemicals. Gosl... Read more
Dresden
Dresden , city (1994 pop. 479,300), capital of Saxony , E central Germany, on the Elbe River. It is an industrial and cultural center, a rail junction, and a large inland port. Manufactures include precision and optical instruments, computers and office machinery, radio and electrical equipment, an... Read more

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Seton (or Sethon) Alexander (d. ca. 1604)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...experiments of importance. In one of these the celebrated physician Zwinger himself brought the lead that was to be transmuted. A common...the lead into the purest gold of exactly the same weight. Zwinger appears to have been absolutely convinced of the genuine nature...
Compote
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...Switzerland as Gumbis (or some variation of that spelling). In his Theatrum Botanicum (Basel, 1696) Swiss physician Theodore Zwinger described a common Gumbis made from pared turnips laid down in tubs with layers of barberries and sloes, then covered with...
Goslar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...awarded to Hanover in 1815 but was regained by Prussia in 1866. The city has preserved much of its medieval character. The Zwinger, a round tower built in 1517, is a remnant of its old fortifications. The Kaiserpfalz, a large Romanesque palace, was...
Dresden
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Friedrich Karcher (1650 – 1726) and Matth ä us Daniel P ö ppelmann (1662 – 1736); the Zwinger (1709 – 1732), by P ö ppelmann and the sculptor Balthasar Permoser (1651 – 1732); the Dutch...

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Zwinger
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Zwinger. 1. Bailey or outer court , as in a castle. 2. Place for dog-kennels...designed space with grandstands around it for spectators. Hence the C18 Zwinger Palace, Dresden, Saxony, by Pöppelmann , an extraordinary composition...
Pöppelmann, Matthäus Daniel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...x2013;33). His masterpiece is the Zwinger , Dresden (1711–28), a...Permoser (1651–1732), the Zwinger was to be part of a vast new palace designed...Kronentor (crown-gate) (1713) of the Zwinger was derived from plates 60 and 100 in...
Permoser, Balthasar
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...sculptor in Dresden and spent most of the rest of his life there. His most important work was the sculptural decoration of the Zwinger—Augustus the Strong's pleasure palace in Dresden, designed by the architect M. D. Pöppelmann (begun...
nymphaeum
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...building. Good examples survive in, e.g. the Villa Giulia, Rome (1551–5), by Vignola and others, and at the Zwinger Palace, Dresden, Saxony (1710–32), by Pöppelmann . Bibliography Alvarez (1981)
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...He also claimed that he was the first of the group to appreciate Polynesian and other primitive art (which he saw in the Zwinger Museum in Dresden), but this had little obvious effect on his work. His paintings consisted mainly of figure compositions...
Libavius (or Libau), Andreas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...was strong, however; among his friends were the professors Johannes Stupanus, Felix Platter, Gaspard Bauhin, and Jacob Zwinger. In 1588 Libavius became professor of history and poetry at the University of Jena. Three years later he moved to Rothenburg...
Bauhin, Gaspard
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...who became a botanist of some repute. In 1572 Gaspard entered the University of Basel, where Felix Plater and Theodore Zwinger were among his teachers. He received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1575, and conducted his first medical disputation...
Semper, Gottfried
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...x2013;8—destroyed); and the Gemäldegalerie (Picture Gallery) attached to Pöppelmann's Zwinger (1847–54—restored 1955–6 after war damage). In 1835 he designed the polychrome ‘...
Bartholin, Caspar
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...et auctior . In 1607 Bartholin went to Basel, where he lectured and worked with Felix Platter, Gaspard Bauhin, and Jacob Zwinger. While there he was offered the M.D. degree, but declined it. From 1608 to 1610 Bartholin was in Italy, where he studied...

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Naturalist author donates papers to CC Zwinger's collection largest in college's history
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 1/22/2004; ; 579 words ; ...award-winning environmentalist and author Ann Zwinger of Colorado Springs. Zwinger, an internationally known writer, illustrator...archivist's dream come true." The Ann H. Zwinger Papers, as the collection is labeled, "is the...
WVC LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS SUSAN ZWINGER AND 'HANFORD REACH: LAND OF IRONY'
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/3/2006; 525 words ; ...Lecture Series will present author Susan Zwinger and "Hanford Reach: Land of Irony...Works under the War Powers Act," notes Zwinger in her book, The Hanford Reach: Land...naturalist, artist, and teacher, Zwinger will take us there, sharing her observations...
CHRISTINE ZWINGER/ ANTHONY MINEO.(CNY)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 3/27/2005; 323 words ; Klaus and Monika Zwinger, of Canaseraga, announce the engagement of their daughter, Christine Zwinger, of North Syracuse, to Anthony Mineo, of North Syracuse...Liverpool. CAPTION(S): PHOTO NO CREDIT Christine Zwinger Anthony Mineo
MINEO/ZWINGER.(CNY)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/8/2006; 325 words ; Christine Margarete Zwinger and Anthony John Mineo were married July 8...The bride is the daughter of Klaus and Monika Zwinger, of Canaseraga. The groom is the son of Vincent...and Mrs. Anthony J. Mineo Christine Margarete Zwinger
Wolfgang Muller and Nan Goldin at Zwinger. (Berlin, Germany)(Review of Exhibitions)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...that recently culminated in the exhibition "Blue Tit" at Zwinger. Early in the year, a spurious report in the same newspaper...into them. The birds' breasts were then etched in gold. At Zwinger, Muller exhibited these sculptures as well as the newspaper...
Dresden porcelain collection. (Report from Europe).(reopening of porcelain museum Zwinger in Dresden, Germany)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/2002; ; 657 words ; ...porcelain sickness). In 1711 Augustus began to build the Zwinger, a palatial complex of buildings in Dresden. It was designed...sculptor Balthasar Permoser to serve for court festivities. The Zwinger was destroyed during World War II and partly reconstructed...
Ueli Etter: Zwinger Galerie. (Reviews - Berlin).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; "Agony Hall," "Big Gender Junction," and "Sentimental Library" are just a few of the sites to see in Ueli Etter's The Park/Der Park, 1997-2001. The Swiss artist, who splits his time between Berlin and Tel Aviv, has been refining the project through exhibitions over the past two years, continually
Evren Tekinoktay; Galerie Zwinger.(Berlin)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; In an era when art and fashion are fusing, Evren Tekinoktay has managed to find the right critical mixture. Instead of designing a store or a handbag for a luxury fashion label, Tekinoktay decided to open a lingerie shop in her hometown of Copenhagen. While the artist has ordered bras, panties, and
Daughters, Fathers, and the Novel: The Sentimental Romance of Heterosexuality.
Magazine article from: Journal of Comparative Family Studies; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...exchanged women, but feminist critic Linda Zwinger is. "The Foundation of desire," she...Sentimental Romance of Heterosexuality, Zwinger presents "feminist responses, deviations...merchandise) titillation" (118). Zwinger's daughters of sentiment include Clarissa...
Flooded German Museum Saves Art
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/16/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...on the top floor of Dresden's famed Zwinger Palace as floodwater lapped at the walls...restoring the splendor of landmarks like the Zwinger, the 19th-century Semper Opera and...floor of the Albertinum museum. At the Zwinger, rescued paintings now line the upstairs...