Studiolo 2.0

Veröffentlicht am 24.12.2012 Chris Hadfield’s first...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:58:09 +0200

Veröffentlicht am 24.12.2012

Chris Hadfield’s first recording from the International Space Station. You can hear the slight buzz of the station’s fans in the background. (Youtube)

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:55:53 +0200

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Chris Hadfield, on Twitter (@Cmdr_Hadfield)

Space Oddity: Chris Hadfield covers David Bowie in Space, guardian.co.uk, 2013-05-13.

Tango, aus: Pane e Tulipani (Silvio Soldini, 2000).

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:57:27 +0200

Tango, aus: Pane e Tulipani (Silvio Soldini, 2000).

The view from the top of the Shard: London panorama of sights and sounds – interactive

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:55:00 +0100

The view from the top of the Shard: London panorama of sights and sounds – interactive

SRF 2, 100 Sekunden Wissen, 2012_12_17. Neue Glocken für Notre...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:07:00 +0100

SRF 2, 100 Sekunden Wissen, 2012_12_17. Neue Glocken für Notre Dame (Audio).

Emmanuel: Chapelle, Gillot et Moreau, 1685.

Grand Central Terminal celebrates 100 years (2013,...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:19:14 +0100

Grand Central Terminal celebrates 100 years (2013, allbitsofegg).

Grand Central: 100 Years of Grandeur (2013, blouin art info).

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:17:00 +0100

Grand Central: 100 Years of Grandeur (2013, blouin art info).

"BBC News: Timbuktu manuscripts ‘have not been destroyed’"

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:31:14 +0100

“BBC News: Timbuktu manuscripts ‘have not been destroyed’”

- Watch the video here!

"Der Entschluss des Gemeindevorstandes, eine Neugestaltung der Fenster im Erdgeschoss zu wagen,..."

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:17:25 +0100

“Der Entschluss des Gemeindevorstandes, eine Neugestaltung der Fenster im Erdgeschoss zu wagen, zeigt, dass die Bilderfeindlichkeit der reformierten Kirchen sich als überholt erwiesen hat und die Furcht vor falscher Bilderverehrung nunmehr unbegründet ist und unsinnig.”

- Wenn nur diese kitschig bonbon-farbenen Fenster des ‘Starkünstlers’ nicht selbst schon ‘überholt’ sind!

Das Zitat Sigmar Polkes in: Philipp Meier: Keine Furcht vor falscher Bilderverehrung, in: NZZ, 2009-10-03.

feel-flows: Andrea Amati - “The King” , circa 1538 AD the...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:01:59 +0100

feel-flows:

Andrea Amati - “The King” , circa 1538 AD

the oldest existing Cello

‘Prophet!’ said I, ‘thing of evil! —...

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:47:00 +0100

‘Prophet!’ said I, ‘thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!

By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore—

Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,

It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore —

Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.”

Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’

Poem: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849): The raven (1845).

Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889): Two Crows (between 1868 and 1872). Wood Block Color Print. New York, Brooklyn Museum.

Photo reblogged from: camelionchild via archivalia.

"Si je ne peins pas cette histoire, n’importe quel Blanc pourra venir me voler mon pays."

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:41:13 +0100

“Si je ne peins pas cette histoire, n’importe quel Blanc pourra venir me voler mon pays.”

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Charlie Wartuma Tjungurrayi (1987). Marion Cocquet: Aux sources des rêves aborigènes (annonce d’une exposition sur Papunya Tula au musée Quai Branly). LePoint.fr, 2012-11-01.

"Cameron opened the meeting by saying it was the first time a monarch had attended a full cabinet..."

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:35:00 +0100

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Cameron opened the meeting by saying it was the first time a monarch had attended a full cabinet since George III in 1781. He said Anglo-American relations had improved since then.

Apart from expressing the hope that the next Queen’s Speech would be shorter rather than longer, the Queen remained silent during her 45-minute appearance at the cabinet table but, according to the communities secretary Eric Pickles, she took a close interest in the discussion on the Afghan war led by Hague and Philip Hammond, the defence secretary.

In a sign that cabinet is no longer the true epicentre of decision-making it was not until a meeting in the afternoon of the national security council that ministers agreed a 4,000 troop drawdown next year in Afghanistan.

Although she has visited Downing Street before, the Queen was given a lightning tour of No 10, being taken from the Terracotta room to the Pillared room where her ministers stood in line to greet her.

It was during this guard of honour that she lapsed inadvertently into politics. Referring to her recent visit to the Bank of England, she told the chancellor George Osborne, ‘I saw all the gold bars, which, regrettably, somebody said don’t belong to us.’

A smiling Osborne replied: ‘Some of them were sold, but we’ve still got some left.’ Osborne has spent much of his political life criticising Gordon Brown for his sale of the gold.

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- Patrick Wintour: Queen attends cabinet meeting as special guest, in: guardian.co.uk, 2012-12-18.

"In a further gift to the monarch, the Foreign Office declared that a tract of frozen land about..."

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:31:43 +0100

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In a further gift to the monarch, the Foreign Office declared that a tract of frozen land about twice the size of the UK in Antarctica was to be named after her as Queen Elizabeth Land.

The land, over which Argentina also claims sovereignty, had been previously unnamed. It is around 169,000 square miles (437,000 sq km), making up just under a third of the land mass of the British Antarctic Territory. The UK is 94,000 square miles (244,000 sq km).

Hague said: “The British Antarctic Territory is a unique and important member of the network of 14 UK overseas territories. To be able to recognise the UK’s commitment to Antarctica with a permanent association with Her Majesty is a great honour”.

The Queen has been on the throne for 60 of the 104 years since the UK claimed territory in Antarctica in 1908.

Britain became the first country to claim Antarctic territory and since then New Zealand, France, Norway, Australia, Chile and Argentina have also lodged official claims to some of the territory although most countries do not recognise them. It is expected that Argentina is going to object formally to the naming of Queen Elizabeth Land at some point later this week.

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- Patrick Wintour: Queen attends cabinet meeting as special guest, in: guardian.co.uk, 2012-12-18.

The unicorn in captivity. Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and...

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:08:11 +0100

The unicorn in captivity. Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, 368 cm x 251,5 cm; 1495-1505. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Local Hero (1983) - Trailer.

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:33:00 +0100

Local Hero (1983) - Trailer.

Local Hero (1983) final scene - Going home (Mark...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:32:16 +0100

Local Hero (1983) final scene - Going home (Mark Knopfler)

After falling in love with a beach town hidden amongst the green hills of Scotland, McIntyre goes back to his home in Houston, Texas.

"Hourrah!… La fin du monde est remise à une date ultérieure! Hourrah!.. Hourrah!… La vie..."

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:39:00 +0100

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Hourrah!… La fin du monde est remise à une date ultérieure!

Hourrah!.. Hourrah!…
La vie est belle!…

”

- Hergé: Les aventures de Tintin. L’ Etoile mystérieuse, 1946.

Why the world didn’t end yesterday. Nasa’s...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:20:00 +0100

Why the world didn’t end yesterday. Nasa’s post-Mayan apocalypse video released 10 days early.

A film from Nasa about the Mayan prophecy that the world will end on 21 December, has been released 10 days early. The film entitled The World Didn’t End Yesterday looks at the science behind the Mayan calendar which 5,125-year run is due to end in 10 days, and how it should be interpreted as cyclical.

Source: Nasa
Length: 4min 26sec
Thursday 13 December 2012
guardian.co.uk

Non loin du Portail du Cloître est la petite Porte Rouge qui...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:25:31 +0100

Non loin du Portail du Cloître est la petite Porte Rouge qui doit son nom à la teinte de ses vantaux. S’ouvrant sous la fenêtre de la troisième travée du chœur du côté nord, elle fut érigée sous la direction de l’architecte Pierre de Montreuil dans la deuxième moitié du XIIIe siècle. Elle relayait le Cloître, où vivaient les chanoines, et le chœur de la cathédrale pour leur en faciliter l’accès.
Cette porte a été restaurée au premier semestre 2012 par les services des Monuments Historiques-DRAC Île-de-France.

Jean-Pierre CARTIER, historien, nous en fait la présentation dans la vidéo ci-dessous.