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In Casino Royale, James Bond foiled the plans of the villain Le Chiffre with a dramatic poker tournament; in the opera Carmen, the cards foretold the heroine’s ominous fate and in Agatha Christie’s Cards on the Table, the private detective Hercule Poirot solved a tricky case with the aid of a bridge game score table. It is apparent that cards, therefore, are of decisive importance in a cultural-historical aspect. Reason enough to throw the spotlight on the history of the playing card in this DDBspotlight.
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Coding da Vinci geht nach Baden-Württemberg
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Archive NRW jetzt wieder im Archivportal-D
03. November 2021
Coding da Vinci geht nach Baden-Württemberg
02. November 2021
Archive NRW jetzt wieder im Archivportal-D
We are the DDB: The Gerda Schimpf Photographic Archive
The Gerda Schimpf Photographic Archive maintains and manages the photographic and biographical estate of the Berlin photographer Gerda Schimpf (1913-2014). Gerda Schimpf ran a photographic studio in Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1946 onwards. She photographed many prominent artists, scientists and politicians of that time.
We are the DDB: The Museum August Kestner
The Museum August Kestner is the oldest city museum in the state capital Hanover. Since its opening in 1889, it has been the only establishment in Hanover and its wide surroundings which has presented 6000 years of applied arts in four collection areas: ancient and Egyptian cultures, applied arts with a design collection and one of the largest collections of coins and medals in Northern Germany.
We are the DDB: Cathedral and Cathedral Treasures – Cultural Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt
With its more than 1250 works of art, Halberstadt Cathedral’s collection of treasures is considered to be one of the most extensive collections of medieval church treasures worldwide. The magnificent liturgical vestments, finely cast bronzes and goldsmiths’ works, sculptures and altarpieces bear witness to the high art of the Middle Ages.
We are the DDB: The Jewish Museum Berlin
With its many and varied objects, archival materials, photographs and works of fine and applied art, the museum documents Jewish life in Germany up to the present day.
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