Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland at the foot of the Chimborazo volcano, painting by Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1810). Wikimedia Commons Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most ...
Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt, by Julius Schrader, 1859. Behind Humboldt are the mountains of Chimborazo and Cotopaxi in Ecuador. Humboldt’s exploration of these peaks shaped his view of nature ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The collection consists of 18 ...
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) presented a lively lecture with Randall Griffin, professor of art history at Southern Methodist University. This is the third ...
Andreas W. Daum, trans. from the German by Robert Savage. Princeton Univ, $24.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-691-24736-6 This competent biography from Daum (Kennedy in Berlin), a history professor at SUNY ...
How did we forget about Alexander von Humboldt? Learn all about the polymath who helped shape our understanding of the natural world. This August, the SciFri Book Club is reading The Invention of ...
The Humboldt Research Award is a prestigious honor conferred on internationally renowned scholars and scientists in recognition of their entire academic record to date. An academic at a German ...
Professor Shin-ichi Ohta from the University of Osaka in Japan has scooped a research prize from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He had been put forward for the €80,000 award by Professor ...
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