May 5, 2012
loquaciousconnoisseur: Guy Head Horatio Nelson In this portrait of 1798-99 he appears with one of his midshipmen at the moment of victory during the famous Battle of the Nile (1798). The younger man hands over the French admiral’s sword wrapped in a captured French flag. In the background two battle-scarred ships fly white ensigns hoisted over French tricolours under a dramatic stormy sky. The portrait, which commemorates one of the most decisive victories in English naval history, is based on life studies made by Guy Head, who met Nelson in Naples soon after the event. The portrait shows Nelson’s earlier loss of an arm but the artist has taken the licence of showing Nelson otherwise unscathed, though in truth his forehead should have been bandaged as a result of the serious wounds he received. By the end of battle, Nelson had been wounded above his right eye, was bandaged, bloodstained and exhausted and far from the polished officer at ease on his quarterdeck.

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Guy Head

Horatio Nelson

In this portrait of 1798-99 he appears with one of his midshipmen at the moment of victory during the famous Battle of the Nile (1798). The younger man hands over the French admiral’s sword wrapped in a captured French flag. In the background two battle-scarred ships fly white ensigns hoisted over French tricolours under a dramatic stormy sky. The portrait, which commemorates one of the most decisive victories in English naval history, is based on life studies made by Guy Head, who met Nelson in Naples soon after the event. The portrait shows Nelson’s earlier loss of an arm but the artist has taken the licence of showing Nelson otherwise unscathed, though in truth his forehead should have been bandaged as a result of the serious wounds he received. By the end of battle, Nelson had been wounded above his right eye, was bandaged, bloodstained and exhausted and far from the polished officer at ease on his quarterdeck.

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May 2, 2012
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (* 6. Februarjul./ 16. Februar 1620greg. in Cölln an der Spree; † 29. Apriljul./ 9. Mai 1688 greg. in Potsdam) aus dem Haus Hohenzollern war seit 1640 Markgraf von Brandenburg, Erzkämmerer und Kurfürst des Heiligen Römischen Reiches und Herzog in Preußen. Seine pragmatisch-entschlossene und reformfreudige Regierungspolitik ebnete den Weg für den späteren Aufstieg Brandenburg-Preußens zur Großmacht und der Hohenzollern zu einem der führenden deutschen Herrscherhäuser, weswegen er auch ab 1675 den Beinamen der Große Kurfürst trug. Luise (auch Louise) Henriette von Oranien (* 27. Novemberjul./ 7. Dezember 1627greg. in Den Haag; † 8. Junijul./ 18. Juni 1667greg. in Cölln, in zeitgenössischen Dokumenten werden die Daten mit 26. November und 8. Juni noch im Julianischen Kalender angegeben) war Kurfürstin von Brandenburg und die erste Ehefrau des Großen Kurfürsten.

Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (* 6. Februarjul./ 16. Februar 1620greg. in Cölln an der Spree; † 29. Apriljul./ 9. Mai 1688 greg. in Potsdam) aus dem Haus Hohenzollern war seit 1640 Markgraf von Brandenburg, Erzkämmerer und Kurfürst des Heiligen Römischen Reiches und Herzog in Preußen. Seine pragmatisch-entschlossene und reformfreudige Regierungspolitik ebnete den Weg für den späteren Aufstieg Brandenburg-Preußens zur Großmacht und der Hohenzollern zu einem der führenden deutschen Herrscherhäuser, weswegen er auch ab 1675 den Beinamen der Große Kurfürst trug.

Luise (auch Louise) Henriette von Oranien (* 27. Novemberjul./ 7. Dezember 1627greg. in Den Haag; † 8. Junijul./ 18. Juni 1667greg. in Cölln, in zeitgenössischen Dokumenten werden die Daten mit 26. November und 8. Juni noch im Julianischen Kalender angegeben) war Kurfürstin von Brandenburg und die erste Ehefrau des Großen Kurfürsten.

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May 2, 2012
Ludwig van Beethoven (getauft 17. Dezember 1770 in Bonn, Kurköln; † 26. März 1827 in Wien, Kaisertum Österreich) war ein deutscher Komponist. Er gilt als der Komponist, der die Musik der Wiener Klassik zu ihrer höchsten Entwicklung geführt und der Romantik den Weg bereitet hat.

Ludwig van Beethoven (getauft 17. Dezember 1770 in Bonn, Kurköln; † 26. März 1827 in Wien, Kaisertum Österreich) war ein deutscher Komponist. Er gilt als der Komponist, der die Musik der Wiener Klassik zu ihrer höchsten Entwicklung geführt und der Romantik den Weg bereitet hat.

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April 25, 2012
Hyacinthe Rigaud (July 18, 1659, Perpignan – December 29, 1743, Paris) was a French painter.

Hyacinthe Rigaud (July 18, 1659, Perpignan – December 29, 1743, Paris) was a French painter.

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April 18, 2012
mesbeauxarts: Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Madame Perregaux. 1789. Oil on canvas. The Wallace Collection. London, UK. Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (Marie Élisabeth Louise; April, 16 1755 – March 30, 1842) was a French painter, and is recognized as the most important female painter of the 18th century. Madame Adélaïde de Perregaux strikes an animated pose as she draws aside a green gold-trimmed curtain and leans across the balustrade. She is wearing a black velvet costume with red bows and piping, and a black velvet hat with red plumes. This alluring costume recalls the fashion at the time for variations on seventeenth-century Spanish dress. The pentimenti (alterations to the painting) show changes to the waist, chin and neck. There are a number of reasons why painters make changes to their work: perhaps to correct mistakes or to improve the composition. In this case it may have been to flatter the sitter by slimming down her waist and neck.

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Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Madame Perregaux. 1789.

Oil on canvas.

The Wallace Collection. London, UK.

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (Marie Élisabeth Louise; April, 16 1755 – March 30, 1842) was a French painter, and is recognized as the most important female painter of the 18th century.

Madame Adélaïde de Perregaux strikes an animated pose as she draws aside a green gold-trimmed curtain and leans across the balustrade. She is wearing a black velvet costume with red bows and piping, and a black velvet hat with red plumes. This alluring costume recalls the fashion at the time for variations on seventeenth-century Spanish dress. The pentimenti (alterations to the painting) show changes to the waist, chin and neck. There are a number of reasons why painters make changes to their work: perhaps to correct mistakes or to improve the composition. In this case it may have been to flatter the sitter by slimming down her waist and neck.

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April 15, 2012
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) died this day 147 years ago. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization.

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) died this day 147 years ago. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization.

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April 11, 2012
Immanuel Kant (* 22. April 1724 in Königsberg; † 12. Februar 1804 ebenda) war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der abendländischen Philosophie. Sein Werk Kritik der reinen Vernunft kennzeichnet einen Wendepunkt in der Philosophiegeschichte und den Beginn der modernen Philosophie. Nicht nur in der Erkenntnistheorie, sondern auch in der Ethik mit dem Grundlagenwerk Kritik der praktischen Vernunft und in der Ästhetik mit der Kritik der Urteilskraft sowie bedeutenden Schriften zur Religions-, Rechts- und Geschichtsphilosophie schuf Kant eine neue, umfassende Perspektive in der Philosophie, welche die Diskussion bis ins 21. Jahrhundert maßgeblich beeinflusst.

Immanuel Kant (* 22. April 1724 in Königsberg; † 12. Februar 1804 ebenda) war ein deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der abendländischen Philosophie. Sein Werk Kritik der reinen Vernunft kennzeichnet einen Wendepunkt in der Philosophiegeschichte und den Beginn der modernen Philosophie.

Nicht nur in der Erkenntnistheorie, sondern auch in der Ethik mit dem Grundlagenwerk Kritik der praktischen Vernunft und in der Ästhetik mit der Kritik der Urteilskraft sowie bedeutenden Schriften zur Religions-, Rechts- und Geschichtsphilosophie schuf Kant eine neue, umfassende Perspektive in der Philosophie, welche die Diskussion bis ins 21. Jahrhundert maßgeblich beeinflusst.

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April 10, 2012
Alexander Gustav Adolf Graf von Schleinitz (* 29. Dezember 1807 in Blankenburg am Harz; † 19. Februar 1885 in Berlin) war preußischer Staatsminister, Minister des Auswärtigen 1858–1861 sowie von Ende 1861 bis zu seinem Tod Minister des königlichen Hauses.

Alexander Gustav Adolf Graf von Schleinitz (* 29. Dezember 1807 in Blankenburg am Harz; † 19. Februar 1885 in Berlin) war preußischer Staatsminister, Minister des Auswärtigen 1858–1861 sowie von Ende 1861 bis zu seinem Tod Minister des königlichen Hauses.

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April 3, 2012
Sir Isaac Newton PRS (December 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been “considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived.”His monograph Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws, by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the Scientific Revolution.

Sir Isaac Newton PRS (December 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been “considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived.”His monograph Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics. In this work, Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws, by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the Scientific Revolution.

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March 30, 2012
Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, as well as establishing one of the first museums.

Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, as well as establishing one of the first museums.

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