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A major new series from the makers of A History of the World in 100 Objects, exploring the fascinating and complex history of Germany from the origins of the Holy Roman Empire right up to the present day Written and presented by Neil MacGregor, it is produced by BBC Radio 4, in partnership with the British Museum.Whilst Germany s past is too often seen through the prism of the two World Wars, this series investigates a wider six hundred year old history of the nation through its objects It examines the key moments that have defined Germany s past its great, world changing achievements and its devastating tragedies and it explores the profound influence that Germany s history, culture, and inventiveness have had across Europe.The objects featured in the radio series range from large sculptures to small individual artifacts and items that are prosaic, iconic, and symbolic Each has a story to tell and a memory to invoke. New Download Germany by Neil MacGregor For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Every moment spent reading this, was worthwhile The thematic approach of MacGregor is highly entertaining and his lucid and witty prose is a delight to read Instead of attempting comprehensiveness, Macgregor stitches a colorful patchwork quilt out of 30 intriguing and incisive miniature essays, illustrating masterfully Germany s complex and fraught cultural history The book is a remarkable encomium to modern Germany and the sensible way it gets on with his troubling past, contextualizing and Every moment spent ...Years ago when yet another hour of Hitler programming chugged on to the TV screen I d wonder if perhaps we could have a documentary on Biedermeier era furniture just to suggest that there could be something else German that might interest the wider world than just the Third Reich MacGregor s radio series, is in a similar style as his earlier History of the World in a Hundred Objects, making objects the starting point of a wider enquiry, may be part of a tentative thawing in the British concepti Years ago when yet another hour of Hitler programming chugged on to the TV screen I d wonder if perhaps we could have a documentary on Biedermeier era furniture just to suggest that there could be something else German that might interest the wider world than just the Third Reich MacGrego...A nation s culture molds every citizen s inward soul whether or not they agree with what it expresses Like it or not, those various ingredients of culture also fashion a nation s outward history.Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum since 2002, has loaded his painter s brush from the broad palette of German culture with vivid colors from Charles the Great Charlemagne to Chancellor Angela Merkel, blending together an almost cubist portrait of the German soul under the title, Germ A nation s culture molds every citizen s inward soul whether or not they agree with what it expresses Like it or not, those various ingredients of culture also fashion a nation s outward history.Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum since 2002, has loaded his painter s brush from the broad palette of German culture with vivid colors from Charles the Great Charlemagne to Chancellor Angela Merkel, blending together an almost cubist portrait of the German soul under the title, Germany Memories of a Nation Some may argue MacGregor s omissions, but he has thrown together enough eccentric pigments from literature, theatre, art, music, architecture, beer, sausages, the Gutenberg printing press to Volkswagens and and the graphic art of emergency c...This wonderful book is the end result of an exhibition held in the British Museum under Neil MacGregor s directorship.The research that went into the exhibition appeared as 12 programs on BBC 4 and finally emerged in book form, which I ve had to read electronically but will keep searching for a hard copy Kindle is hopeless for this it is richly illustrated in colour and poor little kindle doesn t cope with that But the kindle app on iPad meant I could at least see the images properly, and th This wonderful book is the end result of an exhibition held in the British Museum under Neil MacGregor s directorship.The research that went into the exhibition appeared as 12 programs on BBC 4 and finally emerged in book form, which I ve had to read electronically but will keep searching for a hard copy Kindle is hopeless for this it is richly illustrated in colour and poor little kindle doesn t cope with that But the kindle app on iPad meant I could at least see the images properly, and this is essential as the book s origins lay in an exhibition How I wish I could have seen it.MacGregor explains that the exhibition set out to look at Germany s challenging history from the standpoint of the ne...Zu Ende gelesen kann man kaum sagen, denn dieses Buch erobert man sich bl tternd So gro ist die F lle der Reproduktionen Und so bl ttere ich schon seit Tagen hier ein bisschen, da ein wenig und lese mich gelgentlich fest In ganz leicht zu lesendem Plauderton entwickelt sich zwischen diesen ganzen Dokumenten, Fotos, Gem lden und Skizzen eine Geschichte der Deutschen, deren Reiz auch darin besteht, dass ein Blick von au en...A fascinating view on German history from a British point of view McGregor s focus on items as touchstones for his narrative is priceless even though the facts were mostly known to me, he managed to shed an entirely new light on events, suggesting connections that I would have never seen A brilliant read Some of the first chapters did read a little too positive at first, at least to me But then again, I am German, raised in Germany, and trained to see our history in rather negative terms A fascinating view on German history from a British point of view McGregor s focus on items as touchstones for his narrative is priceless even though the facts were mostly known to me, he managed to shed an entirely new light on events, suggesting connections that I would have never seen A brilliant read Some of the first chapters did read a little too positive at first, at least to me But then again, I am German, raised in Germany, and trained to see our history in rather negative term...Reading a chapter for breakfast each day morning treat Hurrah for Neil McGregor He enlightened me so many times by now with his books, made me see familiar things through a different lense First world hi... From BBC Radio 4 Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, begins his series examining 600 years of German history through objects, with a reflection on Germany s floating frontiers.Even if this series will continue I won t be able to follow it in the next weeks.At times a bit dry, but still wonderful.Excellent and entertaining read Learned a lot both about German history, politics past and present, culture and art Most of which I should have learned at school in the 70s and 80s However, as I born in 1966, history lessons at that stage was all about...

Germany
  • English
  • 05 February 2018
  • Audio CD
  • 1481506242
  • Neil MacGregor
  • Germany