Adolf Furtwängler
Adolf Furtwängler , 1853-1907, German archaeologist, authority on ancient vases and gems. He made important excavations at Olympia, Aegina, and Orchomenus and wrote the authoritative Meisterwerke der griechischen Plastik [masterpieces of Greek sculpture] (1893), of which a smaller edition was later translated into English.
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Ancient vases could be stolen
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 11/13/2005; ; 371 words
; ...ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-13-2005 Ancient vases could be stolen -- Italy investigates Princeton THE ASSOCIATED...Italian authorities are reportedly investigating whether two ancient vases on display at the Princeton University art museum were pilfered...
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Trends in limited editions.(news)(printing, innovations )
Magazine article from: Art Business News; 4/1/2004; 424 words
; ...That might explain why our sales are up compared to the average market. Smaller Edition Sizes Aimee Clarke of Winn Devon said she anticipates seeing smaller edition sizes because many publishers are signing on larger numbers of artists...
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Mother of all tidy-ups.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 5/24/2002; ; 165 words
; ...years. Upon his arrest, his mother destroyed the art - canvases were stuffed down the waste disposal, more cumbersome items (ancient vases of priceless beauty and such like) were pitched into the Rhine-Rhone canal. And, while a lot of people have been musing about...
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Opening this week The British Museum's Enlightment Gallery
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 12/7/2003; ; 183 words
; ...product of the Age of Reason. So this display - containing all manner of items from a Maori club collected by Captain Cook and ancient vases to natural history specimens and rare books - is also about the origins of the Museum. Appropriately, it is housed in the...
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Still in the shadow of Sept 11
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 1/16/2002; ; 529 words
; ...previous Marvel release, Heroes. While the magazine sized Heroes consisted of largely single page poster-like art, this smaller edition has a more powerful impact as it relates the stories of actual people who were affected by the attack. The book is largely...
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Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...London: Thames & Hudson; 0-500-23780-8 hardback 29.95 [pounds sterling]. `Fired clay is virtually indestructible, so all ancient vases still exist, somewhere.' This statement from John Boardman's latest book has universal validity. Most of the terracotta artefacts...
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Unearthed Ancient Vases Proved to Have Greater Values
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 7/15/1998; 147 words
; About 200 porcelain vases unearthed over the past 20 years, from ancient tombs in Guilin, a tourist city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, have been proved to be of great value for archeological research. The blue and white porcelain vases were believed to be produced in Jingdezhen, a famous
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TRIP TO THE NICK; He claimed he accidentally slipped and destroyed three ancient vases in a museum. Yesterday he was arrested on suspicion of CRIMINAL DAMAGE.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 4/6/2006; 395 words
; Byline: By ROD CHAYTOR A MAN who smashed three valuable 17th-century vases when he tripped up in a museum was yesterday arrested on a criminal damage charge. Nick Flynn, 42, claimed he stumbled over his shoe laces on marble stairs and destroyed the Qing dynasty porcelain pieces on display on a
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Some museumgoers miss reason for debate
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/6/1997; ; 577 words
; Among the ancient vases and priceless sculpture at the Boston of Museum of Fine Arts yesterday, outrage was as precious as a rare, elegant figurine. As...
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Bush looting America with war on Iraq
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The; 4/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the Iraqi National Library ranks way down on their "so what" list. Hey, many folks couldn't give a hoot about things like ancient vases and cuneiform tablets in a far off land. But given the fact that we are all human beings, this horrific loss to the collective...
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Wilhelm Furtwängler
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...conductor, b. Berlin; son of Adolf Furtwängler . One of the greatest orchestral...of the Vienna Philharmonic. Furtwängler was a regular conductor of...conduct the Berlin orchestra. Furtwängler remained in Germany during...
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