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Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
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December 1, 2008|
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Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life
Tobias G. Natter & Christoph Grunenberg, editors
Tate Publishing
127 East Trade Center Terrace, Mustang, OK 73064
9781854377357, $50.00, www.hnabooks.com
Arts enthusiasts this book is for you! "Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life" is sure to please. Many may know of Gustav Klimt for his famous paintings but many know little about the artist who created them. Compiled and co-edited by Tobias G. Natter (Director of the Vorarlberg State Museum, Bregenz) and Christopher ...
 "The Economist (US)")
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Scientific treasure hunters; Archaeology.(Searching for a royal tomb)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...tombs would be juicier than that of Lars Porsena, an Etruscan king who ruled in...authorities to stand on the site of Porsena's capital, Clusium. No sign...is looking in the wrong place. Lars Porsena's place in history was ensured...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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TURN YOUR CHILDREN FROM BAD TO VERSE; reason for rhyme.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...recited the opening lines of Horatius by Lord Macaulay: Lars Porsena of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great...than four or five, with only the dimmest idea of who Lars Porsena and Horatius were, but I understood enough to know...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Gad! Why Wasn't I Asked to Schwarzman Party? Hell, I Won't Grovel.(Finance)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY)
; ...deduction? Don't ask me, ask H&R Block. Much more interesting to me was the news that-rather in the manner of Lars Porsena dispatching his messengers to the corners of empire to summon his array-"a staffer, equipped with a video camera...
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F for victory
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald
; ...recent years by Scottish writers who have pioneered a new form of fiction called "fu**tion". In the foreword to his Lars Porsena - or The Future Of Swearing And Improper Language - Robert Graves lamented the passing of creative literary swearing...
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Posh versus popular
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...Sir Joshua lectured on the theory of history painting with the consequence that vast canvases of Macbeth, Dante, and Lars Porsena have cluttered up a hundred museum stores ever since. So why did the Society close, ending its exhibitions in the...
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Missing: Eccentrics
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...fire to Troy, Alexander to Persepolis, and the brave Mucius Scaevola to his own hand and arm to frighten the proud Lars Porsena into a peace; but did you ever hear of a man setting fire to his own nightshirt to frighten away the hiccups? 'Damn...
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ASK THE GLOBE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Q. Who wrote the famous poem about Horatius at the bridge, defending Rome from Lars Porsena of Clusium? L.M., Cambridge A. The English historian Thomas Macaulay, who is chiefly known for his four-volume "History...
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Why SSSIs (That's single, solvent and self-indulgent) have never had it so good; SINGLE-MINDED: Courses in cookery or painting are particularly popular with sole travellers, often those with partners who have different interests STEPPING OUT: Walkers in the mountains of Andorra on a trip organised by Ramblers Worldwide.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...heat in a ruined Romanamphitheatre and the guide asked someone to test the acoustics, would declaimin ringing tones: Lars Porsena of Clusium, By the nine gods he swore, That thegreat house of Tarquin, Should suffer wrong no more . . . She made...
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By the nine Gods
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; I DON'T know how Chiantishire is going to get along without us. It can have seen no such exodus since Lars Porsena of Clusium marched on Rome: This year Tony Blair will surely pledge to help our struggling sheep-farmers by spending his holidays...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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[currency]#%! - this film restores swearing to an art form.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...and, like them, it's a form of literature to cherish. Robert Graves wrote the famous book about the subject, Lars Porsena or the Future of Swearing, in 1929, drawing on his experiences in the army in the First World War. He thought there...
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