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Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne), the Glossary

The Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln (German for "Museum of Applied Art"; MAKK) is a decorative arts museum in Cologne.^[1]

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1888 establishments in Germany
Art museums and galleries established in 1888
Decorative arts museums in Germany

Applied arts

The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing.

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Bombing of Cologne in World War II

The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids at www.koelnarchitektur.de "Internet portal for the architecture of Cologne".

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(loanword from French chinoiserie, from chinois, "Chinese") is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and other Sinosphere artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts, garden design, architecture, literature, theatre, and music.

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Cologne

Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.

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Cologne Ring

The Cologne Ring (known in German as: Kölner Ringe) is a semi-circular, some 6 km long urban boulevard in Innenstadt, Cologne and the city's busiest and most prominent street system.

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David Roentgen

David Roentgen (1743 in HerrnhaagFebruary 12, 1807), was a German cabinetmaker of the eighteenth century, famed throughout Europe for his marquetry and his secret drawers and poes and mechanical fittings.

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Design

A design is the concept of or proposal for an object, process, or system.

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Dieter Rams

Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design.

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Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass (Innsbruck, Austria 14 September 1917 – Milan, Italy 31 December 2007) was a 20th-century Italian architect, noted for also designing furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home and office wares, as well as numerous buildings and interiors — often defined by bold colours.

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Ferdinand Franz Wallraf

Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (20 July 1748 - 18 March 1824) was a German botanist, mathematician, theologian, art collector and Roman Catholic priest.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator.

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Günther Uecker

Günther Uecker (born 13 March 1930) is a German painter, sculptor, op artist and installation artist.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gerrit Rietveld

Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.

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Jesús Rafael Soto

Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 17, 2005) was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter.

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Joe Colombo (designer)

Cesare Colombo (30 July 1930 – 30 July 1971), known as Joe Colombo, was an Italian industrial designer.

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List of art museums

Algeria.

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List of museums in Cologne

This is a list of museums in Cologne, Germany.

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List of museums in Germany

This is a list of museums and galleries in Germany.

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Marcel Breuer

Marcel Lajos Breuer (21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981) was a Hungarian-German modernist architect and furniture designer.

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Matthias Joseph de Noël

Matthias Joseph de Noël (28 December 1782 – 18 November 1849) was a German merchant, painter, art collector and writer.

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Memphis Group

The Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, was an Italian design and architecture group founded by Ettore Sottsass.

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Museum Ludwig

Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne) and Museum Ludwig are art museums and galleries in Germany.

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Naoto Fukasawa

Naoto Fukasawa (born 1956) is a Japanese designer, author, and educator, working in the fields of product and furniture design.

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Order of Friars Minor Conventual

The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (O.F.M. Conv.) is a male religious fraternity in the Catholic Church and a branch of the Franciscan Order.

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Philippe Starck

Philippe Starck (born 18 January 1949) is a French industrial architect and designer known for his wide range of designs, including interior design, architecture, household objects, furniture, boats and other vehicles.

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Piet Mondrian

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian (also,; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

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Ray Eames

Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames (née Kaiser; December 15, 1912 – August 21, 1988) was an American artist and designer who worked in a variety of media.

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Rudolf Schwarz (architect)

Rudolf Schwarz (15 May 1897, Strasbourg – 3 April 1961, Cologne) was a German architect known for his work on Kirche St.

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Tapestry

Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom.

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Textile

Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.

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Tilman Riemenschneider

Tilman Riemenschneider (1460 – 7 July 1531) was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483.

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Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely (born Győző Vásárhelyi,; 9 April 1906 – 15 March 1997) was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement.

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Visual arts

The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, comics, design, crafts, and architecture.

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Vitra Design Museum

The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne) and Vitra Design Museum are art museums and galleries in Germany and design museums.

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Wallraf–Richartz Museum

The Wallraf–Richartz Museum (full name in German: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud) is an art museum in Cologne, Germany, with a collection of fine art from the medieval period to the early twentieth century. Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne) and Wallraf–Richartz Museum are art museums and galleries in Germany.

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Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (– 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist.

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Weil am Rhein

Weil am Rhein (High Alemannic: Wiil am Rhii) is a German town and commune.

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Woman of the Apocalypse

The Woman of the Apocalypse (or the woman clothed with the sun, γυνὴ περιβεβλημένη τὸν ἥλιον; Latin: Mulier amicta sole) is a figure–often considered to be a reference to the Virgin Mary in Catholic theology–described in Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation (written c.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_für_Angewandte_Kunst_(Cologne)

Also known as Cologne Museum of Applied Art, Cologne Museum of Applied Arts, Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst (Cologne), Museum für Angewandte Kunst Cologne, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Museum of Applied Art (Cologne), Museum of Applied Arts (Cologne).

Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Cologne), the Glossary

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1888 establishments in Germany

Art museums and galleries established in 1888

Decorative arts museums in Germany

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