Old Myths and New Forms of Orientalism: Gauguin, Toorop, van der Leck, and Mondrian

More than fifty examples of works by Paul Gauguin, Jan Toorop, Bart van der Leck, and Piet Mondrian demonstrate the significant influence of artifacts, newly revealed since the early nineteenth century, from the ancient Orient, that is, Pharaonic Egypt and biblical lands. The individual interest of these artists is analyzed in four monographic chapters, which indicate enough similarities in their interpretation and use of the ancient motifs to constitute a new departure in Orientalism. Their particular approaches bring out as well particular biographical, symbolic, and iconographic insights into their artistic development. As a leading symbolist painter, Gauguin pioneered the revival of sacred art involving old and new myths of Orientalism, which were critical also for Toorop, van der Leck, and Mondrian. Characteristically, all four artists assimilated ancient Oriental artistic conventions as a form of primitivism a return to original purity -- to create radical images about personal and social renewal. The primordial figured also in the narrative and symbolic synthesis of their art. Stylistically, all of their work became more decorative, two-dimensional, and more compatible with the architectural plane; line and color were released from mimetic servitude, and a pictographic aspect was added. Gauguin, Toorop, van der Leck, and Mondrian all integrated ancient Oriental motifs into their work, but each to his own ends. While Gauguin appropriated Achaemenid Persian and Egyptian art, van der Leck studied Egyptian, Assyrian, and Sumerian art, and Toorop and Mondrian relied on Egyptian art. Though Gauguin discussed music as a paradigm in the new art, the musical quality of Egyptian and Assyrian (and even Sumerian) art made a greater impact on the work of the Dutch artists. Likewise, they embraced the social and mural tradition of ancient Oriental art as a model for their own attempts to reintegrate architecture with utopian art. The dissertation has answered my original question regarding the impact of ancient Oriental art on progressive artists at the turn of the century. The project has also brought surprises, in the form of many unexpected connections between artists and other members of the European intelligentsia, which merit further exploration

Production Capitalism vs Financial Capitalism - Symbiosis and Parasitism. An Evolutionary Perspective and Bibliography

This working paper presents a note and an extensive bibliography on the relationship between production capitalism and financial capitalism. The document was produced for a conference held at Leangkollen outside Oslo on September 3-4, 1998. The background for the conference was the Asian financial crisis that started in July 1997. The massive Russian financial crisis had started a few days before the conference, on August 17, 1998, and the Russian participant, Prof. Vladimir Avtonomov, brought fresh news from these dramatic events. The conference was organized by Erik Reinert, who at the time worked for Norsk Investorforum, an organisation which at the time organized Norwegian production capitalists and later helped Reinert launch The Other Canon Foundation. Reinert was at the time also affiliated with SUM, Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo. The global financial crisis that started in 2008 . ten years after this conference . vindi- cates the perspectives presented here, and prompted the wish to make the note and the very extensive bibliography of relevant, but mostly forgotten, litterature on the relationship between the production sector and the monetary sector of the economy. The conference programme is found at the end of the document.

The Cleveland Jewish Society Book: 1915

The Cleveland Jewish Society Books were published from 1915 to 1925 by the Jewish Independent Publishing Company, a locally owned publisher that published the weekly Jewish Independent. The books were similar in appearance to the Cleveland Blue Book, a guide for society’s elite. The listings in the Cleveland book listed individuals by country club. The Jewish books list individuals by congregations. In many cases there are separate lists of the congregations’ ladies auxiliary, along with information on social service agencies. The book also included advertisements.https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevmembks/1030/thumbnail.jp

Clara Schumann und ihre SchülerInnen am Hoch'schen Konservatorium in Frankfurt a.M.

Clara Schumann ist inzwischen wahrscheinlich die am besten erforschte Musikerin des 19. Jahrhunderts, nicht nur ihrer Verbindung mit Robert Schumann wegen, sondern auch aufgrund des Interesses, das ihr seit den 1970er Jahren von Seiten der Genderforschung entgegengebracht wird. Umso erstaunlicher ist es, dass ihre Lehrtätigkeit am Hoch'schen Konservatorium bisher kaum aufgearbeitet wurde. Annkatrin Babbe hat diese Lücke ausgefüllt und dazu eine große Menge an Material ausgewertet: Briefe, Interviews, Zeitschriften, (Auto-)Biographien von SchülerInnen, Schriften zur Biographie Clara Schumanns und Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Hoch'schen Konservatoriums (einschließlich der Jahresberichte von 1878 bis 1898). Hinzu kam eine Fülle von Presse- und Literaturbelegen über SchülerInnen und Töchter Clara Schumanns. Die meisten von ihnen sind bisher von der Forschung wenig beachtet worden; mit diesem Buch werden sie nun in 53 ausführlichen lexikalischen Artikeln vorgestellt

The Cleveland Jewish Society Book: Vol. III, 1919

The Cleveland Jewish Society Books were published from 1915 to 1925 by the Jewish Independent Publishing Company, a locally owned publisher that published the weekly Jewish Independent. The books were similar in appearance to the Cleveland Blue Book, a guide for society’s elite. The listings in the Cleveland book listed individuals by country club. The Jewish books list individuals by congregations. In many cases there are separate lists of the congregations’ ladies auxiliary, along with information on social service agencies. The book also included advertisements.https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevmembks/1032/thumbnail.jp

The Cleveland Jewish Society Book: Vol. III, 1919

The Cleveland Jewish Society Books were published from 1915 to 1925 by the Jewish Independent Publishing Company, a locally owned publisher that published the weekly Jewish Independent. The books were similar in appearance to the Cleveland Blue Book, a guide for society’s elite. The listings in the Cleveland book listed individuals by country club. The Jewish books list individuals by congregations. In many cases there are separate lists of the congregations’ ladies auxiliary, along with information on social service agencies. The book also included advertisements.https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevmembks/1032/thumbnail.jp

Structure and members 2022

Gesamtverzeichnis der Struktur und der Mitglieder der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschafte