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From Satan to the Sphinx: The Masonic Mysteries of D.C.'s Map
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THE MAP of Washington, the story goes, encodes certain secret
symbols of Freemasonry, symbols that go back centuries if not entire
millenia. Symbols, moreover, that if properly decoded will reveal a
cryptic history not only of the capital but of the country. And not
only a hidden national history, but a hidden destiny as well.
That there is something suspicious, or at least suggestive, about
the city's geometry has been rumored for a very long time, no doubt
since the heyday of anti-Masonic paranoia during Andrew Jackson's
administration. Now, with the explosion of popular interest in ...
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Adding to the German legacy A handsome exhibit shows off art museum's recent purchases
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...figurines originally contributed by Von Schleinitz and brings romantic...are Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Moritz von Schwind, Anselm Feuerbach and Johann...famous painting in Dusseldorf. Moritz von Schwind, who decorated the opera in Vienna...
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19th-century German art: the scarcity of top-quality paintings by famous names is driving collectors to explore new areas of this buoyant market.(COLLECTORS' FOCUS)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...regretfully: 'Up to now, never.' Sotheby's also achieved world-record prices for Moritz von Schwind, Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow, Adolph von Menzel and Wilhelm List. It was striking that Bernheimer placed a strong emphasis on the...
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First American Touring Exhibition of Important German Drawings Comes
Newspaper article from: Italian Voice, The
; ...and preeminent writer and artist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, architectural studies by Karl Friedrich...Philipp Otto Runge, Julius Schnorr can Carolsfeld, Moritz von Schwind, Johann Georg von Dills, and Adolph Menzel. To see The Frick Collection...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Queen of Scots, beheaded 1587; Giuseppe Torelli, composer, 1709; Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, 1725; Moritz von Schwind, painter, 1871; David Friedrich Strauss, philosopher, theologian and biographer, 1874; Robert Michael Ballantyne...
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Castle in the sky; Wartburg fortress gives a bird's-eye view of Eisenach; Next week
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; ...Sebastian Bach, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and multitudes of others have...chandeliers and a famous painting by Moritz von Schwind commemorating the legendary Sangerkrieg...well-known minstrels as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide...
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Schubert at 200. (Franz Schubert's 200th birth anniversary)
Magazine article from: American Scholar
; ...A famous yet apocryphal anecdote told by Josef von Spaun - that Schubert composed "Erlkonig" in...fantasy both bland and insidious. The poet Franz von Schober, the painter Moritz von Schwind, and the singer Vogl, carefree bohemians, encircle...
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Letter from Dublin.(Irish Art & Antiques Feature)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...years. Artists include Carl Blechen, Caspar David Friedrich (see illustration), Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Moritz von Schwind. Last of this autumn's displays at the National Gallery, but not at all least is an exhibition that highlights...
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 "Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)")
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The Dallas Morning News Scott Cantrell column: FWSO buzzes Mahler's Symphony No. 1 triumphantly.(Column)
Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
; ...twisted into a weird, minor-mode funeral march. Its inspiration was apparently a woodcut by Schubert's friend Moritz von Schwind, portraying animals carrying a dead hunter in a solemn procession. The tune is introduced with the strangely adenoidal...
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