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Panofsky

Kidnapping A Brainchild

In late August 2012, the German press reported the “discovery” of a long lost manuscript. Erwin Panofsky’s habilitation thesis on Michelangelo reemerged from a vault in the cellar of Munich’s Central Institute for the History of Art, founded in 1946. This was [...]

Panofsky_Manuskript

Panofsky’s long lost manuscript discovered

Caroline Fetscher talked to Horst Bredekamp, Professor of Art History at Humboldt University in Berlin. A Story of two men: a teacher and a traitor.

Rosh Hashanah

Obligation for Peace

5773 will be a decisive year in global politics and economy. Presidential elections in the U.S., Europe´s fight for an economic future and the crisis between Israel and Iran will shape our future.

The Circumcision of Jesus, Master of St. Severin, ca 1490

Circumcision: A superfluous debate

Germany´s furious debate about a possible ban of Circumcision is wrong and superflous. The insistence on applying law should not be allowed to disturb the peace under law.