” Γνῶθι σεαυτόν” – Understanding Europe through its people, places and stories.
Tag: History of Art
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Art history may appear to tell a shared European story, but what we learn depends greatly on where in Europe we study it. From Berlin and Barcelona to Vienna and Athens, different artistic traditions reveal how national and regional perspectives shape our understanding of Europe’s cultural heritage.
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This book was written by Egon Seefehlner (born 1912 in Vienna), who was first a young law student, an aspiring Austrian diplomat and later director of Berlin Deutsche Oper during the wall and the Wiener Staatsoper. He was one of my great-uncles. After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Anschluss of Austria by…