Monday, January 31, 2011

How To Take Off A Thule

Review: Chiemgau, craft, design, art, tradition

The author lives in Prien am Chiemsee Petra Wagner presents together with the Munich-based photographer Chris Hacker Craft, design, art and tradition in the Chiemgau. The presentation of the operations is preceded by a card. The numbers here are identical to the page numbers of individual holdings in the book and indicate the approximate location in the area. "Elegantly dressed"

The generic terms, "skillfully constructed," "stylish refined," "Comfortably furnished," "Artistically decorated," "Living Tradition", "enjoy full life" and "completed Gloss" learn the bandwidth of very good medium-sized Crafts in the region know about it pays to be informed.

populated, the region Chiemgau once by the Celts and the Romans. In the 8th Century were founded the monasteries of men's and women's Chiemsee, which began with the rise of the region. It established the craftsmen who created the Order of the monasteries sacred art. From 18 Century buildings were of European importance. Even small village churches with golden splendor, tasteful and impressive marble stucco decorated.

The growing trade in salt, used to the Celts and the Romans have brought the region further prosperity. is informed

you include a carpentry, built in the traditional way by hand and also reads from a plumber operation that adorns its roof dormers with an artistic emblem and the channels with water-spouting dragon heads or attractive members arches designed and continues to read from a metal worker in Prien, which can result in the blinding fire artful.

I found it exciting to read about the Baroque Lüftlmalerei. Inspired by the old days grace, now primarily stucco columns and portals, the exterior walls. Where did the term Lüftlmalerei arises is unclear. Several interpretations are in question, which are all mentioned. When Lüftlmalerei the colors of the images on the fresh lime plaster are applied, with which they combine and give the hotel a nice appearance for a long time.

You learn Neubauer conservation workshops in Bad Endorf know-wall churches. There offers a 45-member team, composed of church painters, gilding, Graduate Restoration of stone, painting, wood, and sculptures, carpenters, photographers and art historians, to their skills.

In Bernau, there is a plasterer, whose power spectrum is not only the production Attractive stucco elements, but also covered the design, planning, and the final color design and execution, in collaboration with trade colleagues, etc., to offer its customers.

It is impossible to craft that are listed in the book to outline at this point. I would like to commend mention the shots "in between" from the beautiful Chiemgau landscape and the successful photo of Herrenchiemsee. Clarified

you get, what you have meant by "working monastery. This is a picture to become worship. The technique of this skill originated in the Middle Ages, where transpose these nuns in monasteries in silent prayer in meditative silence. What will the devotional images, is explained in detail.

The muralist John King from Rimsting is presented and the beautiful glass objects from Hardy Magis from Rosenheim to be addressed. A little later we are confronted with the living tradition, learning about the customs in the area and reads more as a result of traditional crafts such as Hischhornschnitzereien. They are intricate carvings from antlers and horn for the costumes, the quill embroidery, which provides for leather pants for Schick, also by a Harp factory, which builds in the Chiemgau the instruments that provide sounds heavenly.

The addresses of all crafts are recorded on the last pages. A total of about 50 companies in the Chiemgau are presented. Those spending their holidays in this region would be well advised to deal with this book in detail, the ladies, for example, with an extraordinary costume design and gentlemen, perhaps with an object made of antlers.

A successful book, for people who have a sense of craft skills.



© 2011 Best Crafts Chiemgau / Umschau / Christian Hacker



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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Painful Toe After Pedicure

review: defeating energy vampires with love - Dorothy Harbour

The author Andreas Srenk and photographer André Chales de Beaulieu take the reader on a trip to Göttingen and its surroundings. You get to the sights of this on paying and the surrounding areas know both lyrically and visually, and you will be informed through a variety of commercial establishments. I appreciate the concept of the series "Trends and lifestyle," because it is ultimately good publicity for the ortansässigen middle class is and gives potential visitors a prior information, where to eat or drink something really good and or buy something nice, so no cheap trinkets. When old glory to be obtained, must flourish of the middle class, tax revenues must be high. Everyone should know this. A city without a thriving business is now a dead city.

Göttingen, as the photos show, exhibit much medieval buildings, which is remarkably well restored. Srenk Göttingen called "The city of knowledge and brains" and justifies this in his opening post. In this place is all about the university. Of the total 130 000 inhabitants, is every 5th enrolled. The university also creates a large number of jobs and thus forms the heart of Gottingen.

Goethe was spending time in this university town and lived there, including Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Wilhelm Weber, Clemens von Brentano, the Brothers Grimm, Otto von Bismarck, Heinrich Heine, Arthur Schopenhauer, Robert Koch, Johannes Brahms and many others.

You read anecdotes from the Goose Girl Fountain, since 1901 is landmark of the city and learns that since 1926 the figure of the sculptor Paul portraits may no longer be kissed. Göttingen was already in the 13 Century city rights. The city's history is briefly sketched here and will not forget to mention that you can shop between Jacobi district, and St. Alban Accouchierhaus well and enjoy. is pointed

among others, the St. Alban's Church, is also seen in a photograph. In today's architecture, it is the youngest of the medieval churches of the city. Art historically interesting is the altar by Hans Geismar.

In the course of the book you will learn the Southtown know which impresses with its beautiful old mansions. Not far from this part of town is a 15-acre lake that used to all sorts of leisure activities is. The Ostviertel of Göttingen is characterized by residential, parks and observatories. The two observatories operated by the university. 1833 there written history of science. Carl-Friedrich Gauss and his colleague Wilhelm Weber presented here produced the first telegraph line in the world between the observatory and Physics Institute in Papendiek.

The new town of Gottingen also be mentioned before the history-oriented Hann. Lead gets to know more detail. In the listed old town, there are over 700 half-timbered houses spanning six centuries. The three-river town is between Weser and long Kaufinger forest. In Hann. Lead the way, died in the famous traveling physician Johann Andreas Eisenbarth, which provides still for tourist hype. Also worth seeing are the buildings in the Weser Renaissance style, including the Town Hall and the Main Building of the castle, but also the oldest stone bridge in Lower Saxony, the Werra bridge.

Man learns of high recreational value of the place Dransfeld. As you can see a picture, the landscape shows there is very idyllic. In the Gauss-Museum in Dransfeld one can admire a replica of the way, he invented heliotrope. With this solar mirror could make remote measurements of scientists visible.

in Norten-Hardenberg is the count's estate, which helped the city to economic prosperity, as is shown in greater detail. The manor house, now a Relais and Chateau Hotel is each year by 250 000 tourists. Perhaps you can find in the gourmet restaurant "Novalis" the "Blue Flower", which can look for the gifted descendant of the House by one of its protagonists.

© 2010 Trends and Lifestyle Göttingen
André Chales de Beaulieu / Umschau
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Closer including several restaurants, fashion shops, a very nice pub, the "Villa Cuba", which is organized by students, professors, tourists and South Americans Göttingen like to visit a furniture store, an optician, a wine and deli a nursery, a business that sells allerei lifestyle items and fashion accessories, the stores of two fashion designers on site, a nice coffee shop, even the studio and gallery of Uta Very, whose art show will briefly sketched. Also interesting is the report of the jewelry designer, Martina Fischer and the description of the gallery and the Art Museum Nottbohm, which presents selected exhibits on two floors of different artists and styles.
About the "Göttinger Symphony Orchestra" one learns to know. Next year marks the big 150-year anniversary with numerous concerts. One more reason to visit Göttingen and its surroundings and the opportunity to convince itself from the economic prosperity of the region and to the survival of which contribute something.


recommended.


Photos: © 2010 Trends and Lifestyle Göttingen / André Chales de Beaulieu / Umschau




Friday, January 14, 2011

Hack Sidekick 09 For Internet

review:: Trends & Lifestyle Göttingen and its surroundings (Hardcover)

Dorothy Harbour defines so-called energy vampires as people who perceive themselves as less vital than their surroundings. In these people, the energy flow is blocked more or less. Instead of their energy stores under their own re-populate, relocate it to theft, extortion and robbery (see: p. 11). These people live off the life force of habit to their fellow man, as it were like vampires, the blood of their victims to do at the feast.

The author divided these people into "Love Vampire", "power vampires" and "fear of vampires." A "Dear Vampire" understands a person who in the partnership or in the family, the people around him constantly "tapping". Sometimes he wants to be comforted, or do you have to apologize because we have done him wrong or he supposedly seeks attention, our love and devotion to steer up. "Vampire power", however, are leaders and leading figures in all professional and personal areas, the drunk in every respect to their power. These people rob her admirers, fans and their subordinates or otherwise dependent persons the totality of energy, by directing them on board and use for themselves. The "fear vampire" is finally blocked in his life energy in a very profound level, and generally disturbed mentally ill or a high degree. In order to achieve impact on people, they destroy the relationship and undermine the self-confidence. (See: p.11-12) result in the rapidly ensnared the impression has to be caught and lose his driving force rapidly is.

The author makes it understandable in the episode, as it is possible to obtain access to the cosmic energy pool to address its energy shortage and resolve Energieblokaden. Energy deficits be caused by a contraction outweigh extraction. This means we are tense, we are in constant defensive posture, stress, and in a perpetual fight. All that which our soul, but also our body naturally, that is not relaxed by alcohol and drugs, contributes to recover from the energy balance, (see: p. 18). Far more dubious than temporary cramping, are inappropriate, sensitive anti-education, as the author notes. A drill-imposed by the education ban expression, such as tears or facial expressions, leads to the fear and anger builds up and Duration of the inner tension power plant out. Supply shortage has finally Energievampirismus to the result.

basis of a multilateral, illuminating questionnaire can bring in experience, as it is with the personal inner power structure, and subsequently learn to overcome energy-lowering pattern. We learn how people with a strong control me "tick", as well as the powerless "collapse-I" works. People from the type of the "collapse-I" draw power through gestures, often energetically through an elaborate system of terror to their environment by seeking to leach completely for family and friends as Energispender.

is shown how by means of specific exercises that can be seen from the accompanying CD, your energy level increased again and the attacks of the energy vampires met by love to all forms of negativity into a positive transform. In this way, protect them from the energy vampires much more satisfactorily than by simple definition, because it may help them build their own energies and third-party independent. to calm

The idea of a loving behavior energy-poor people and give them an environment in which they can build self-energy without fear, I think is realizable, because I believe that everything can be cured by love. Why not also an energy vampire?

worth reading for all who are open to deal with spiritual perspectives.




Sunday, January 2, 2011

Horse Swollen Knee Infected

review crafts, Design, art and tradition of St. Gallen and surroundings [Paperback]


This lavishly illustrated book was brought by the author and photographer Christina Hitzfeld Daniel Schvarcz on the road. On language and crafts, design, art and tradition come to St. Gallen and its surroundings.

At the very beginning you can make is knowledgeable on a map where each medium-sized Companies that are discussed in the book are located.

first one is very well informed about the textile town of St. Gallen, which was famous in the Middle Ages for its cloth trade in the world. In 1336 the first order for the screen industry was adopted in the city. If the substance of a dealer claims the non-audit commission were enough had to be woven at once torn. In this way the reputation for high quality was assured. The long-distance trade by large merchants resulted in a significant increase in sales. St. Gallen was talking in foreign trade agencies and operated the first regular European coach connections to Nuremberg and Lyons, (see p. 13).

As the linen in the 18th Century was replaced by cotton, the St. Galler responded quickly to the changing market situation and dominated a little later with cotton muslin fabrics market. In Lyon, the merchants met by chance as Turkish hand embroidered silk fabrics embroideresses her. From then on the St. Gallen cotton fabrics were also embroidered. As early as 1790 40 000 Ostschweizer embroiderers worked at St. Gallen merchants, (vgl.S. 14).

In the 19th Century was ushered in with the invention of the Schiffli embroidery machine and the first machine, the industrial age. From now on, stood for many women Most workers only jobs available such as threading or Nachsticken. In Homework embroidered many small farmers, St Gallen Strickereimaschinen substances, which the business was booming with the embroidered fabrics more and more. After sales problems in the last century, the St. Gallen textile industry has again earned a top position in international comparison.

In the book the "Bischoff Textil AG," "Magnolia Design" are presented in more detail, and we learn interesting facts about the St. Gallen Textile Museum, is the author of a textile memory of the city. In the context of temporary exhibitions on the second floor contemporary issues are addressed on the subject of textiles.

The craft was held in St. Gallen general golden soil and is as old and venerable as the city itself, not least because of the Benedictine monastery of St. Gall, the food industry flourished during the Middle Ages already. Today, the St. Galler artisans work for customers throughout Switzerland, but also in Austria and Germany. Their quality work is in demand everywhere.

be further presented a St. Gallen goldsmith, a parquet floor publishers from sinking, a St. Gallen furniture maker, a metal worker. This design exercise of his trade this one in the tradition of Hephaestus, only just re-interpreted. has

especially like my contribution to Kaspar Freuler "Trompe-l` oeil and mural painting, a technique that can be seen on the inner walls of old castles. Freuler subject choice shows that he can by all Mediterranean Impressions homes brighten tremendously noble.

The chapter tradition is preceded by a beautiful quote: "Maintaining tradition is not to keep the ashes, but keep embers glowing." (Jean Jaurès, 1859-1914). Hitzfeld reflected in the sequence first, the term tradition and then presented traditional crafts, including one learns the work of the watchmaker Lisa Anderson know, also a silversmith and other traditional crafts more.

Also you get to know artists from the region. Sonja Züblin from Schwarzenbach creates delicate paper cuttings, Agnes Walder modeled magical figures and Johanna Schneider is an abstract painter whose work we learn about in the book to know. Walter B. Probst creates wonderful sculptures. His studio, you can see in Sevelen. fallen

In its design me the objects of René and Ruth Kammermann particularly well. The light objects combine the aspects of art and light in an impressive Art

A successful book, which I continue to recommend you.


to forget: The addresses of the craftsmen are listed on the last pages.

The city of St. Gallen views are welcome to visit this charming old town, and this makes the book well-drawn is not added back into a deep sleep, but by mid-sized activity draws attention to himself.



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© 2010 Daniel Schvarcz, Umschau