tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64610668100636384102024-03-13T14:56:45.164+01:00Bygone StyleThe Beauty of the Early 20th CenturySmitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-15788286636850330652012-12-12T22:50:00.001+01:002012-12-12T22:51:12.289+01:00Moved<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://bygonestyle.wordpress.com/">Bygone Style has moved. </a>*** <a href="http://bygonestyle.wordpress.com/">Bygone Style ist umgezogen.</a></h4>
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Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-60458443127833287842012-12-09T18:06:00.002+01:002012-12-09T18:06:56.347+01:00German Style (made in France...)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Jugend: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben <br />
<i>(Youth: Munich illustrated Weekly for Art and Life)</i> </div>
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Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-54205735672255779832012-12-09T17:29:00.001+01:002012-12-09T17:29:26.521+01:00Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Winter has finally arrived today - it's all white outside!</div>
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Der Winter ist endgültig angekommen - es ist weiß draußen!</div>
Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-27938027131942275932012-11-30T20:07:00.000+01:002012-11-30T20:07:11.076+01:00Well Dressed Jazz<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54573028?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/54573028">Dandy Wellington and His Band - promo video</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/rarebit">Rarebit Productions</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-23130630867197309322012-11-30T19:14:00.002+01:002012-12-07T19:47:57.471+01:00Fair Isle<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.fairisle.org.uk/" target="_blank">Fair Isle</a> is the most remote inhabited
island in the United Kingdom. Knitting is an important source of income for the
island’s women. They use a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Isle_(technique)" target="_blank">traditional technique</a>
creating a pattern that is named after the island. It gained a considerable
popularity when trendsetter Edward Prince of Wales wore Fair Isle sweater vests
in public in 1921 and knitwear with these patterns became a typical satorial
appearance of the 1920s and 30s. (More about Fair Isle sweaters can be found <a href="http://sammydvintage.com/vintage-style/vintage-trend-the-history-of-fair-isle-sweaters/" target="_blank">here</a>
and <a href="http://thepurloinedletter.blogspot.de/2007/02/history-of-fair-isle-knitting-part-1_01.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)</span><br />
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loved the TV series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">All Creatures Great
And Small </i>where Fair Isle sweaters were a common garment of <a href="http://www.jamesherriot.org/wp-content/gallery/image-gallery/0105acgs.jpg" target="_blank">Tristan Farnon</a>. Recently I saw them again watching <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Brideshead Revisited</i> and fell for them instantly. The supply is
modest these days even on the Internet and prices are accordingly high. Luckily
I went to Frankfurt last weekend where the beautiful <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.hackett.com/" target="_blank">Hackett</a> </i>store had some in stock and I could grab the penultimate
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Fair Isle ist die abgelegenste bewohnte Insel
Großbritanniens. Stricken ist eine wichtige Einnahmequelle für die Frauen der
Insel. Sie verwenden dabei eine traditionelle Technik und schaffen ein Muster,
das nach der Insel benannt ist. Es wurde 1921 besonders populär, als der
Trendsetter Edward Prince of Wales Fair Isle Pullover in der Öffentlichkeit
trug, und Strickwaren mit diesem Muster wurden zu einer typischen
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entdeckte ich sie wieder in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wiedersehen
in Brideshead</i> und war sofort wieder begeistert. Das Angebot ist heutzutage
bescheiden, auch im Internet, und die Preise sind entsprechend hoch.
Glücklicherweise war ich am letzten Wochenende in Frankfurt, wo die
wunderschöne Filiale von <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.hackett.com/" target="_blank">Hackett</a> </i></span>
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Nachdem ich alle Staffeln von Mad Men am Stück gesehen habe trage ich neuerdings ein <a href="http://www.flavorwire.com/60518/mad-men-fashion-celebrating-the-pocket-square" target="_blank">Einstecktuch</a> zum Anzug bei der Arbeit, was ziemliches Aufsehen erregt (obwohl ich die einfache Parallel-Faltung benuzte). Leider ist dieses modische Accessoire heutzutage ziemlich ungewöhnlich - zumindest in der Provinzstadt, in der das Schicksal mich verschlagen hat. Aber wie alles Neue und Außergewöhnliche werden sich die Menschen auch daran gewöhnen, und glücklicherweise bin ich nicht der Einzige - es gibt einen weiteren Pochette-Partisanen auf meiner Etage (was mir die Entscheidung erleichtert hat...)<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/8498527">The handkerchief</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2628763">Michael Alden</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-9305172609796846012012-07-24T21:08:00.000+02:002012-07-24T21:08:49.223+02:00Anglo-German Summer Drink<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Summer has finally arrived in Germany! Time to enjoy a classical summer drink. The best I know at the moment is <a href="http://www.monkey47.com/" target="_blank">Monkey 47</a>, a German gin (assumed to be one of the world's best gins - believe it or not) mixed with Victorian <a href="http://www.fentimans.com/" target="_blank">Fentimans</a> Tonic Water. Beautifully designed bottles with contents that form a delicious drink!<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIN7Tkc_HhY8L_Y2Zrnod4fN2_fygiJPmcpBvkr2nz6VCA8XWDTpSHP-VDqutYytjPKexls9HnXz0ydW8yHfIE4etn6MntqwIhERfB3FveEwTs2laL_qS-73HnWw_s6If64cZ3ZZECu-0/s1600/fentimantonicwater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIN7Tkc_HhY8L_Y2Zrnod4fN2_fygiJPmcpBvkr2nz6VCA8XWDTpSHP-VDqutYytjPKexls9HnXz0ydW8yHfIE4etn6MntqwIhERfB3FveEwTs2laL_qS-73HnWw_s6If64cZ3ZZECu-0/s320/fentimantonicwater.jpg" width="160" /></a>Having been introduced by British soldiers in India to alleviate the bitter taste of tonic water (which was used as antimalarial) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_and_tonic" target="_blank">gin and tonic</a> reminds me of a wonderful Noel Coward song...<br />
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Der Sommer ist endlich da in Deutschland! Zeit für einen klassischen Sommerdrink. Der beste, den ich momentan kenne, ist <a href="http://www.monkey47.com/" target="_blank">Monkey 47</a>, ein deutscher Gin (kaum zu glauben, aber angeblich einer der besten Gins der Welt) gemixt mit einem viktorianischen <a href="http://www.fentimans.com/" target="_blank">Fentimans</a> Tonic Water. Wunderschön gestaltete Flaschen mit Inhalten, die ein köstliches Getränk ergeben!</div>
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Da <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Tonic" target="_blank">Gin Tonic</a> von britischen Soldaten in Indien erfunden wurde, um den bitteren Geschmack des Tonic Waters (das als Malariamittel benutzt wurde) zu lindern, erinnert der Drink mich an ein wunderbares Lied von Noel Coward...</div>
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The joy of the legendary fashion magazine Vogue only lasted briefly in Germany. Up to three editions were published monthly from April 1928 to October 1929. Exemplary in fashion and aesthetics its topics and dresscodes were in line with life on the Berlin boulevards. The original cover illustrations by artists like Pierre Mourgue,
Georges Lepape and Pierre Brissaud celebrated the new self-confident women's type in all facets of fashion and in best graphic manner. The New York flapper with bob, cut, cloche, pearl necklace, boa and extra-long cigarette holder was omnipresent. The cover illustrations sprayed elegance and a touch of art déco. At the same time they staged the reduced forms and graphic images of modernity. The individual interaction of typography and illustration made each issue artistically unique. The editions became outstanding examples of its time. With the start of the Great Depression, however, the Roaring Twenties ended and the German Vogue was discontinued after just one and a half years, too. Only many years later, in 1979, it appeared on the market again.<br />
Covers of the original edition are now available at <a href="http://www.lumas.com/pictures/german_vogue_collection/cover_pierre_mourgue_i/" target="_blank">LUMAS</a>'. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><br />
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Nur kurz währte zunächst das junge Glück der legendären Modezeitschrift
Vogue in Deutschland. Von April 1928 bis Oktober 1929 erschienen
monatlich bis zu drei Ausgaben. Modisch und ästhetisch vorbildlich,
passten Themen und Dresscodes durchaus zum Leben auf den Berliner
Boulevards. Die originalen Titel-Illustrationen etwa von Pierre Mourgue,
Georges Lepape und Pierre Brissaud zelebrierten den neuen
selbstbewussten Frauentyp in allen modischen Facetten und in bester
grafischer Manier. Der New Yorker Flapper mit Bob Cut, Topfhut,
Perlenkette, Boa und extralanger Zigarettenspitze war allgegenwärtig.
Die Cover versprühten Eleganz und einen Hauch von Art déco. Gleichzeitig
setzten sie die reduzierten Formen und grafischen Bildstile der Moderne
in Szene. Das individuelle Zusammenspiel von Typografie und bildlicher
Darstellung verwandelte jedes Heft in ein gestalterisches Unikat. Die
Ausgaben wurden zu herausragenden Zeugnissen ihrer Zeit. Mit Beginn der
Weltwirtschaftskrise jedoch endete die Ära der Goldenen Zwanziger, und
auch die deutsche Vogue wurde nach nur eineinhalb Jahren eingestellt.
Erst viele Jahre später, 1979, erschien sie erneut auf dem Markt.<br />
Cover der Original-Ausgaben sind jetzt in limitierter Version bei <a href="http://www.lumas.de/pictures/german_vogue_collection/cover_pierre_mourgue_i/" target="_blank">LUMAS</a> erhältlich. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br />
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After a long search I finally found pictures to complete my <a href="http://bygone-style.blogspot.de/2010/07/gentle-reminder.html" target="_blank">bathroom decoration</a>:<br />
A beautiful Lido scene from <a href="http://bygone-style.blogspot.de/2010/07/birth-of-art-deco.html" target="_blank">Georges Barbier</a> together with a cover from a German Vogue's 1929 issue bring a bit of beach feeling to my bathroom.<br />
There is always room for improvement, though: what I am dreaming of is an <a href="http://www.originalstyle.com/tile_6inch_traddec_artdeco.htm" target="_blank">Art Deco style bathroom</a>...<br />
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Nach langer Suche habe ich endlich Bilder gefunden, um meine <a href="http://bygone-style.blogspot.de/2010/07/gentle-reminder.html" target="_blank">Badezimmerdekoration</a> zu vervollständigen: Eine wunderschöne Lido-Szene von <a href="http://bygone-style.blogspot.de/2010/07/birth-of-art-deco.html" target="_blank">Georges
Barbier</a> bringt zusammen mit dem Titelbild einer deutschen Vogue-Ausgabe von 1929 etwas Strandgefühl in mein Bad.</div>
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Es gibt allerdings immer noch Raum für Verbesserungen: ich träume von einem <a href="http://www.originalstyle.com/tile_6inch_traddec_artdeco.htm" target="_blank">Badezimmer im Art Deco-Stil</a>...</div>
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Ich habe endlich ein <a href="http://www.grundig-dect.com/index.php?id=129&L=1" target="_blank">Telefon</a> gefunden, dass vergangenen Stil mit moderner (kabelloser) Technologie kombiniert!<br />
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Excitedly looking forward! *** In freudiger Erwartung!<br />
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A perfect blend of modern and bygone style!</div>
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Die perfekte Verbindung von modernem und vergangenem Stil!</div>Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-28917197233941604802012-05-07T21:42:00.000+02:002012-05-20T19:37:12.742+02:00Another One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After <a href="http://bygone-style.blogspot.de/2012/04/life-in-pictures.html" target="_blank">Dodo</a> I came with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_%28artist%29" target="_blank">Sem</a> across another artist I had never heard of before and who drew beautiful pictures. Interestingly enough he also put a greyhound aside a lady to visualize style. Stunning!<br />
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Nach <a href="http://bygone-style.blogspot.de/2012/04/life-in-pictures.html" target="_blank">Dodo</a> stieß ich mit <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Goursat" target="_blank">Sem</a> auf einen weiteren Künstler von dem ich noch nie vorher gehört hatte und der wunderschöne Bilder zeichnete. Interessanterweise setzte er ebenfalls einer Dame einen Windhund an die Seite um Stil darzustellen. Toll!</div>Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-68628150809667277032012-04-30T19:11:00.000+02:002012-04-30T19:11:06.476+02:00Yarn and Waves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They are rare, but they exist: shops where you can buy clothes from "the good old days" (or at least in their style). <a href="http://www.vecona-vintage.com/index.php" target="_blank">Vecona Vintage</a> is one of them and their <a href="http://issuu.com/vecona-vintage/docs/seemannsgarn_wasserwellen/3" target="_blank">catalogue</a> (titled "Seaman's Yarn and Waterwaves") is quite beautiful.<br />
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Sie sind selten, aber es gibt sie: Geschäfte, in denen man Kleidung aus der "guten alten Zeit" (oder zumindest in deren Stil) kaufen kann. <a href="http://www.vecona-vintage.com/index.php" target="_blank">Vecona Vintage</a> ist einer davon, und ihr <a href="http://issuu.com/vecona-vintage/docs/seemannsgarn_wasserwellen/3" target="_blank">Katalog</a> (betitelt "Seemansgarn und Wasserwellen") ist ziemlich schön. </div>
<br />Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-55204899875775813762012-04-22T13:29:00.000+02:002012-04-22T13:29:12.287+02:00Belligerent<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hURaP81KdAQ" width="560"></iframe>
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Nice concert yesterday - although audience and venue were less stylish than in the video.<br />
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Schönes Konzert gestern - auch wenn Publikum und Veranstaltungsort weniger stilvoll waren als im Video.Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-57345269225605563052012-04-12T20:32:00.002+02:002012-04-30T19:00:09.211+02:00The Chap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.thechap.net/" target="_blank"><i><br />The Chap</i></a> magazine takes a wry look at the modern world through the steamed-up
monocle of a more refined age, occasionally getting its sock suspenders
into a twist
at the unspeakable vulgarity of the twenty-first century.<br />
Since 1999, the Chap has been championing the rights of
that increasingly marginalised and discredited species of Englishman -
the gentleman.
The Chap believes that a society without courteous behaviour
and proper headwear is a society on the brink of moral and sartorial
collapse, and it seeks to reinstate
such outmoded but indispensable gestures as hat doffing,
giving up one's seat to a lady and regularly using a trouser press.<br />
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And it's fun to read! <br />
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Die Zeitschrift<i> </i><i><a href="http://www.thechap.net/" target="_blank"><i>The Chap</i></a></i> (in etwa "Der Kerl") wirft durch das beschlagene Monokel einer kultivierteren Zeit einen einen ironischen Blick auf die moderne Welt, wobei sich ihm gelegentlich die Sockenhalter kräuseln angesichts der unaussprechlichen Vulgarität des 21. Jahrhunderts.<br />
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Seit 1999 verficht <i>The Chap</i> die Rechte einer zunehmend marginalisierten und diskreditierten Spezies von Engländern - des Gentlemans. <i>The Chap </i>ist der Überzeugung, dass eine Gesellschaft ohne höfliches Benehmen und angemessene Kopfbedeckung eine Gesellschaft kurz vor dem moralischen und modischen Kollaps ist und möchte solche aus der Mode gekommenen aber dennoch unverzichtbaren Gesten wie den Hut zu ziehen, einer Dame seinen Sitzplatz anzubieten und seine Hose regelmäßig zu plätten wieder einführen.<br />
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Und es macht Spaß, ihn zu lesen!Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-86800770625824655222012-04-12T20:05:00.000+02:002012-04-12T20:07:13.834+02:00A Life in Pictures<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Dodo, born in 1907 in Berlin as Dörte Clara Wolff, enjoyed a
care-free upbringing in a wealthy Jewish milieu. Even as a young woman,
she possessed an allure over those around her and a nature that was
uncompromising and intensely emotional.
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Dodo received her formal education at the prestigious <i>Schule Reimann</i>
and went on to become a successful costume and fashion illustrator. She
reached the peak of her artistic career in the years 1927 to 1929, when
she created a string of caricaturally drawn, brightly coloured gouaches
for the Berlin-based satirical weekly 'Ulk'. These pictures depicted the
mondaine life of the modern urban socialite, as well as the increasing
alienation of the sexes. With sharp contours, oscillating between Art
Déco and the New Objectivity, Dodo managed to capture the essence of the
cosmopolitan lifestyle of the late twenties with which she was so
intimately familiar.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><br />
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The first retrospective in the <a href="http://www.smb.museum/smb/kalender/details.php?objID=29701" target="_blank">Art Library Berlin</a> features around 120 of her works from all
periods of her life: mondaine fashion illustration, illustrations for
'Ulk', her 'pictures of the unconscious' (created in Zurich in 1933
while undergoing psychoanalysis), illustrations for Jewish magazines and
works created in exile in London. A wonderful exhibition worth visiting! <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Text and Images: Art Library Berlin)</span></div>
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Dodo, 1907 in Berlin als Dörte Clara Wolff geboren, sorgenfrei in
großbürgerlichen jüdischen Verhältnissen aufgewachsen, entwickelte
schon als junge Frau eine attraktive Anziehungskraft und verfügte über
ein kompromissloses Wesen mit intensiven Emotionen.
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Nach ihrer Ausbildung zur erfolgreichen Kostümzeichnerin und
Modegrafikerin an der renommierten Schule Reimann war sie zwischen 1927
und 1929 auf ihrem künstlerischen Höhepunkt: Gouachen in leuchtender
Farbigkeit, die für das Berliner Unterhaltungsblatt <i>Ulk</i> entstanden,
schildern in karikaturhafter Überzeichnung das mondäne Leben des
modernen Großstädters ebenso wie die zunehmende Entfremdung der
Geschlechter. Mit scharfen Linienkonturen - zwischen Art Déco und Neuer
Sachlichkeit changierend - verstand es Dodo, den ihr selbst geläufigen
kosmopolitischen Lebensstil der späten Zwanziger Jahre treffend und
entlarvend zu fixieren.<br />
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Die erste Werkschau in der <a href="http://www.smb.museum/smb/kalender/details.php?objID=29701&lang=de" target="_blank">Kunstbibliothek Berlin</a> umfasst rund 120 Arbeiten aus allen Lebensphasen:
mondäne Modegrafik, Illustrationen für Ulk, die so genannten
"unbewussten" Bilder ihrer privaten Turbulenzen während einer 1933 in
Zürich durchlebten Psychoanalyse, Illustrationen für jüdische
Zeitschriften sowie Arbeiten aus dem Londoner Exil. Eine wunderbare Ausstellung, die den Besuch lohnt!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Text und Bilder: Kunstbibliothek Berlin)</span></div>Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-84591255713401974242012-04-03T21:12:00.000+02:002012-04-03T21:12:51.159+02:00Barbiere<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/32030619">Barbiere</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5120965">Kid Dandy</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-60710856085680564202012-03-29T21:40:00.007+02:002012-03-29T21:42:36.612+02:00Living in the Past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Imagine as a kid you see a <a href="http://www.daserste.de/abenteuer1900/default.asp" target="_blank">TV-show</a>
in which 15 people live for 16 weeks in an old estate house
like people used to live back in 1900. This impresses you so much that, as an adult, you live in the past. <a href="http://anders-anziehen.blogspot.de/2012/03/das-land-in-dem-man-lebt.html#more" target="_blank">This guy</a> is living his dream that way - amazing and impressing!<br />
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Stellt euch vor, ihr seht als Kind eine <a href="http://www.daserste.de/abenteuer1900/default.asp" target="_blank">TV-Sendung</a>, in der 15 Menschen 16 Wochen lang in einem alten Gutshaus so leben wie die Menschen um 1900. Das beeindruckt euch so sehr, dass ihr als Erwachsener in der Vergangenheit lebt. <a href="http://anders-anziehen.blogspot.de/2012/03/das-land-in-dem-man-lebt.html#more" target="_blank">Dieser Mann</a> lebt so seinen Traum - erstaunlich und beeindruckend!Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-1342900262394838892011-06-21T21:30:00.000+02:002011-06-21T21:30:52.704+02:00Industrial Beauty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SHw3gMXZGKjhnkkcvKsV3TXqUbNWi8pH-p4ZEo6NXsgYoh5UZ5eD4cOBHaaCWMliis4x3vtMnwpmjefQI4SNFINZOb4IKvlId_yHc9n7b9a-mUS9HvK-7-U_Mb1x29dErF_BhnO_l-M/s1600/image_fagus_werk_front_2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4SHw3gMXZGKjhnkkcvKsV3TXqUbNWi8pH-p4ZEo6NXsgYoh5UZ5eD4cOBHaaCWMliis4x3vtMnwpmjefQI4SNFINZOb4IKvlId_yHc9n7b9a-mUS9HvK-7-U_Mb1x29dErF_BhnO_l-M/s320/image_fagus_werk_front_2008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagus_Factory">Fagus factory</a> in Alfeld on the Leine, built in 1911 by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, is deemed to be the primal building of Modernism. The architects managed to give an exceptional appearance to a medium-sized factory deviating from the traditional.That was possible because constructor and architect formed an auspicious constellation. The factory owner's person combined reformistic requirements with American business philosophy. With its prestigious soberness and the extensive usage of glass, the building also expresses a new entrepreneurial self-awareness as well as a modern advertising strategy.<br />
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The plant - listed since 1946 - has been sumptuously restored and is open to the public. This summer it will be decided if it will become a <a href="http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/t1364.html">world heritage site</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">***</div>Das von Walter Gropius und Adolf Meyer ab 1911 errichtete <a href="http://www.fagus-gropius.com/">Fagus-Werk</a> in Alfeld an der Leine gilt als Ursprungsbau der Moderne. Den Architekten gelang es, einem mittelständischen Betrieb ein völlig ungewohntes, vom Traditionellen abweichendes Erscheinungsbild zu geben. Das war möglich, weil Bauherr und Architekt eine selten günstige Konstellation bildeten. In der Person des Fabrikanten verband sich lebensreformerischer Anspruch mit amerikanischer Unternehmensphilosophie. Das Fabrikgebäude ist mit seiner repräsentativen Sachlichkeit und dem großflächigen Gebrauch von Glas auch Ausdruck eines neuen unternehmerischen Selbstbewußtseins und einer modernen Werbestrategie. <br />
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Die Fabrikanlage, seit 1946 eingetragenes Baudenkmal, wurde mittlerweile aufwendig restauriert und steht jedem zur Besichtigung offen. Diesen Sommer entscheidet sich, ob sie <a href="http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Uebersicht/Fagus-Werk-in-Alfeld-soll-Weltkulturerbe-werden">Weltkulturerbe</a> wird.Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6461066810063638410.post-21212891551932733632011-05-22T13:58:00.000+02:002011-05-22T13:58:34.133+02:00Watching You<div style="text-align: center;">Great British series - available on DVD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/2M3moEeErr8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tolle britische Fernsehserie - erhältlich auf DVD! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Allerdings bislang nur auf englisch).</span></div>Smitheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583467886315284654noreply@blogger.com0