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A simple sealed tube (Carius tube). Thick-walled glass tube (left), filled with reaction mixture (center) and sealed tube (right). Georg Ludwig Carius (August 24, 1829 – April 24, 1875) was a German chemist born in Barbis, in the Kingdom of Hanover. He studied under Friedrich Wöhler and was assistant to Robert Bunsen for 6 years.
His academic collaborators were some of the most important scientists in the world, including Robert Bunsen, Georg Ludwig Carius, Emil Erlenmeyer and Gustav Kirchhoff. He is the father of modern Greek chemical education. He wrote 73 books and dissertations. His fields of study included: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Analytical ...
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (Italian: Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori), often simply known as The Lives (Italian: Le Vite), is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most-read work of the older ...
Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabeth Ney (January 26, 1833 – June 29, 1907) was a German-American sculptor who spent the first half of her life and career in Europe, producing portraits of famous leaders such as Otto von Bismarck, Giuseppe Garibaldi and King George V of Hanover.
Georg Schmidt expanded the modern art department. In 1949, he presented a Gauguin exhibition at the Kunstmuseum. [ 9 ] In 1950 he bought two paintings ( La Table and Portrait d'Annette ) for the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, and a bronze sculpture (Place, 1948-1949, 63 × 44 × 21 cm, for 4800 Swiss francs), bringing Giacometti's first works ...
Still Life with Books (Dutch: Stilleven met boeken) is a c. 1627–1628 oil-on-panel painting by Dutch artist Jan Lievens. The painting is an example of the Dutch vanitas genre and an example of Dutch realism. The painting was privately owned until it was purchased by the Rijksmuseum in 1963. For many years experts thought it was the work of ...
Carl Gustav Carus (3 January 1789 – 28 July 1869) was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era.A friend of the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a doctor, a naturalist, a scientist, a psychologist, and a landscape painter who studied under Caspar David Friedrich.
The life and works of Joseph Anton Steffan (1726–1797) : with special reference to his keyboard concertos. Outstanding dissertations in music from British universities. New York: Garland. ISBN 0-8240-2345-5. Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel: Scharnagl, Augustin (1943). Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel : ein Beitrag zur Musikgeschichte Mainfrankens ...