The concept of a many-branched tree illustrating the idea that all life on earth is related has been used in science, religion, philosophy, mythology and other areas. A tree of life is variously, a) a mystical concept alluding to the interconnectedness of all life on our planet, b) a metaphor for common descent in the evolutionary sense, and c) a motif in various world theologies, mythologies and philosophies.Various trees of life are [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘architecture’
december 27, 2008
Rose windows
A Rose window (or Catherine window) is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and being divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The name “rose window” was not used before the 17th century and according to the Oxford English Dictionary, among other [...]
december 3, 2008
kunstenaar(s) : Bauhaus
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Anni Albers
Josef Albers
Herbert Bayer
Max Bill
Marianne Brandt
Marcel Breuer
Avgust Černigoj
Christian Dell
Werner Drewes
Lyonel Feininger
Naum Gabo
Ludwig Hilberseimer
Johannes Itten
Wassily Kandinsky
Paul Klee
Gerhard Marcks
László Moholy-Nagy
Piet Mondrian
Georg Muche
Hinnerk Scheper
Oskar Schlemmer
Josef Hartwig
Joost Schmidt
Lothar Schreyer
Naum Slutzky
Wolfgang Tumpel
Gunta Stölzl
Otto Lindig
