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Berlin
Berlin , city (1994 pop. 3,475,400), capital of Germany, coextensive with Berlin state (341 sq mi/883 sq km), NE Germany, on the Spree and Havel rivers. Formerly divided into East Berlin (156 sq mi/404 sq km) and West Berlin (185 sq mi/479 sq km), the city was reunified along with East and West... Read more |
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Marcel Lajos Breuer
Marcel Lajos Breuer , 1902-81, American architect and furniture designer, b. Hungary. During the 1920s he was associated, both as student and as teacher, with the Bauhaus in Germany. In 1925, Breuer won renown with his design of the first tubular steel and laminated plywood chair. He built only... Read more |
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British Association for the Advancement of Science
British Association for the Advancement of Science. This peripatetic body, founded in 1831, with an open membership, has been very important in promoting public awareness of science. The Royal Society was London-based and like a gentleman's club; the Royal Institution, where Humphry Davy and then ... Read more |
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Kiel
Kiel , city (1994 pop. 248,930), capital of Schleswig-Holstein, N central Germany, on Kiel Bay, an arm of the Baltic Sea. Situated at the head of the Kiel Canal, the city was Germany's chief naval base from 1871 to 1945, when the naval installations were dismantled. Kiel is now a shipping and... Read more |
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Herford
Herford , city (1994 pop. 65,680), North Rhine-Westphalia, NW Germany, on the Werre River. Its manufactures include cigars, textiles, chocolate, carpets, machinery, and metal products. The city is also a major producer of furniture in Germany. Herford developed around a 13th-century church (still... Read more |
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National Socialist Party (Germany)
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Tony Cragg
Cragg, Tony (1949– ). British sculptor. He was born in Liverpool, and after studying at the Royal College of Art he settled in Germany in 1977. In his early work he grouped fragments of junk (such as discarded household plastic) to form simple shapes or images arranged on the floor or wall... Read more |
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Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann 1880-1966, American painter, b. Germany. After earning a considerable reputation as a teacher in Munich, Hofmann moved permanently to the United States in 1930. He opened his own schools of art in New York City and in Provincetown, which were central to the development of abstract... Read more |
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The Munster sculpture project: Vesna Krstich reports on the site-specific...
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