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THE FIFTH ELEMENT – Luc Besson / I have to do something, otherwise I’m going to die.

Achieving popular, if not critical, success. There are statues in her honour and an annual festival in May to celebrate it. In 1429 a woman liberated Orléans from a siege by the English, and the city has never forgotten this event. Its Musee des Beaux-Arts is a 2 minute walk from Hotel Groslot and the cathedral. Here you can observe …

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VICTOR BRAUNER (1903/1966), FRENCH PAINTER OF ROMANIAN ORIGIN – When each painting you make is projected from the deepest sources of your own anxiety.

Painting is life, the real life, my life. During your creative evening in the City of Light, feast your senses on the vibrant color of the iconic Moulin Rouge: take your seat in the theater, and prepare for a dazzling spectacle. In Paris, the National Museum of the Renaissance features a huge collection of artworks dating back to the 15th …

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JEAN COLOMBE (1430/1493), FRENCH PAINTER – One of the forerunners of the Fontainebleau school.

Painting delicate faces, with pronounced features. Its cathedral is an absolute wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In hts crypt, you’ll can find the tomb of the Duke Jean de Berry (responsible for Bourges’ boom years, in the 1300s9. This enchanting medieval city, Bourges, was the capital of the historic Province of Berry. Live music fans? Here a special …

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ETERNITY – Arthur Rimbaud / I’m now making myself as scummy as I can.

I want to be a poet, and I’m working at turning myself into a seer. What to do (or what to see) in Charleville–Mezieres, an important town in the Champagne-Ardenne? A visit to this town will start in the Place Ducale (one of the most impressive squares in France). https://www.inspirock.com/france/charleville-mezieres-trip-planner You to learn more about a young French poet, this …

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WHEN A JOURNEY BECOMES EXPERIENCE – German’s smells of paint, poetry and Retsina wine.

From Wiedensahl up in Berlin, four hours to drive into creativity. This country, with its historical sites, is a popular destination for nature lovers and culture enthusiasts. Surprises always happen when you least expect them. So, welcome in Wiedensahl, birthplace, residence, and workplace of a famous German artist. Visiting the Museum Mile, https://www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/?lang=en you to can immerse yourself into his …

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PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF ART – A photographic travel inside German creativity.

To paint the creative horizon with charm. Even now, people in Germany – the country of poets and philosophers – coming up with innovative ideas, pushing the boundaries of art. Art thrives at a multitude of museums and up-and-coming galleries, between writers, musicians and painters. The choice of your holidays (from stays in picture-box villages, to hiking breaks through its …

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THE MILLER’S BOLD DAUGHTER – Wilhelm Busch / Because children get in trouble, if the parents do not care.

When a person likes to labor also for correction of his neighbor. This country, with its historical sites, is a popular destination for nature lovers and culture enthusiasts. Surprises always happen when you least expect them. So, welcome in Wiedensahl, Birthplace, residence, and workplace of a famous German artist. Visiting the Museum Mile, https://www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/?lang=en you to can immerse yourself into …

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LABYRINTH – Dero Goi / The way of industrial metal band

Let me be your secret sin. Is a very young city, with a musical band really “in theme” with its environment. You could say that Wolfsburg owes its existence to one car, the VW Beetle. Over the next few decades a whole city was built for the Volkswagen plant’s workers. Its Autostadt (Automobile City) https://www.autostadt.de/start, is an cutting-edge attraction, with …

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LUCIAN FREUD (1922/2011), GERMAN PAINTER – Rejecting nothing to which you are naturally drawn.

When a painter must give a free rein to any feeling or sensations. Here, where a famous figurative artist was born, waiting for you the masterpieces Berlin Museum (one of these items it’s the Pergamon Alter frieze, which was discovered in 1886). Something special? The Bode Museum, https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/bode-museum/home.html is the home for art works of the Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance and …

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KURT SCHWITTERS (1887/1948), GERMAN PAINTER – I’m a painter, but I like nail my pictures together.

Realizing that machines are abstractions of the human spirit. In Hanover, Klein Kröpcke (Callinstraße 2), http://www.klein-kroepcke.de/kontakt.php is the best place to start, if you are about to set out on a night of partying, but of course you will no longer be able to meet the artist who loved to illustrate metaphors of human activity by painting machines. In 1901, …

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