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The institution of the museum, along with the modern notion of art and the preservation of cultural heritage, entered India during the colonial period as part of the great 'knowledge project' of the l...
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Many may not know that lithography was invented in Germany in the late eighteenth century. This innovative technology was called Steindruck in German (meaning 'printing with stone'), and is a process ...
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It is a matter of speculation how they arrived. But here they are. For more than three centuries, they have inhabited Peacock Island in Berlin. There, they enjoy the German forests, dance for the ench...
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Indian indigo made a swift and overpowering entry into Germany after the sea routes to India were discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1498. Before this, German dyers used the locally produced blue woad dye...
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Well in advance of the British East India Company´s regulations of Indo-Chinese trade, several Parsee families had already established extensive trade relations with China. To a large extent they ente...
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The engagement of German modern artists with Indian art and art theories was more pronounced than generally known. Artists of the German expressionist group Die Brücke, founded by Erich Heckel with Er...
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The Schlagintweit brothers, who inherited a keen curiosity to observe the natural phenomena of the world from their academically inclined father and an aesthetic appreciation for the arts from their m...
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Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817-1849) was a remarkable personality in many respects. Though he went through the customary military training and received highest accolades for his bravery and military...
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