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A U G U S T E R O D I N P A R I S 1 8 4 0 - 1 9 1 7 M E U D O N T H E T H I N K E R 1 8 8 1 - 8 3 (Enlargement 1903) plaster; height: 183,5 cm; width: 97 cm; depth: 148 cm Skulpturensammlung, Inv.-Nr. abg. zv 2627

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D E A R S I S T E R M AG R EADERS, Thinking and perseverance – a fighting spirit – are the two opposing forces that unite in issue 46 of sisterMAG. Their unity also represents the antagonism reflected in the title artwork. Rodin's sculpture »The Thinker« depicts the creator of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri. But the model was the muscular French prizefighter and wrestler Jean Baud, who was certainly not an intellectual. If you'd like to know more about the exciting history of Rodin's chef d'oeuvre, take a look at our interview with the Albertinum museum in Dresden, where a monumental replica of the sculpture is housed.

»The Thinker«, which actually experienced a version of Dante's heaven and hell, can now reflect in peace on the actions and destinies of mankind. You can find out more about Rodin's fascinating and multifaceted character in Robert Eberhardt's articles, as well as Rilke and Michael Neubauer's introduction to Rodin's unknown muse, Gwen John. As a self-professed Anglophile, the Frenchman Rodin would most probably have visited the comprehensive exhibition of his compatriot Christian Dior, the »Designer of Dreams«. Thea, Toni, and sisterMAG Fashion Director (and mother) Evi visited the exhibition shortly after its opening and share their impressions with you. If you're interested in a short trip to London, you should take a look at the feature »Digital Ladies Travel – London in 1.5 Days«, in which we summarize the best tips for a successful stay on the Thames.

Another version of »The Thinker« in its original size stood in the Cantor Fitzgerald Collection in the World Trade Center until the North Tower's collapse on September 11, 2001. Miraculously, the sculpture remained almost intact but was stolen afterwards and never recovered. One can only hope that this version of

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For the cover of issue 46 we secured the support of another thinker and let our model, Rae Tilly, have a dialogue with Socrates. If you want to know more about Rae, check out our behind-the-scenes introduction. Perseverance is the keyword with which Sophia Schillik approached us for her report about boxing as a women's sport. Last year, she discovered her passion for combat in the ring, which has long been regarded a man's domain. She explains to us why it is exactly the right sport for both genders and also suggests the best way to get started. Of course it wouldn't be a sisterMAG issue without some culinary highlights! Roberta Dall'Alba once again shows the versatility of sourdough in her feature »1 dough – 3 recipes«. While the creations bake and crescendo to twice their size, we have time to think and ponder much like the figure of Rodin's masterpiece. Speeding things up a bit, we extensively tested the ActiFry by our partner TEFAL to tackle the question: »Can deep-frying be healthy?« If you don't yet have your own hot air fryer for healthier frying, sign up for our newsletter ASAP – we will announce an exciting competition in the coming weeks. We wish you much pleasure in reading, browsing, and enjoying the issue and look forward to your feedback on social media or by e-mail.

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– T H IN KE R – PAGE 16 – THE YEAR 1880

THE YEAR 1880 The year our title artwork was made

INTERVIEW WITH ASTRID NIELSEN FROM ALBERTINUM DRESDEN Who was Auguste Rodin? What is characteristic of his work?

THE MONUMENTAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN RODIN – RILKE An ambivalent relashionship between two great artists

PAGE 66 – FOOD FOR THOUGHT: TEFAL ACTIFRY PAGE 30 – RODIN & RILKE

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1 DOUGH – 3 RECIPES Recipes inspired by slow living TABLE OF THE MONTH Table decoration inspired by Rodin's »The Thinker«

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

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DIGITAL LADIES TRAVEL:

THE TEFAL ACTIFRY Frying & healthy - How does that actually work?

1.5 DAYS LONDON sisterMAG travelling series

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AN EXHIBITION OF DREAMS

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RODIN'S MUSE: GWEN JOHN

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THE NINE CIRCLES OF HELL

Chrisitan Dior – Designer of Dreams

How Dante imagined the underworld

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BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT How WhatsApp, Twitter & Instagram are changing our language

PAGE 54 – TABLE OF THE MONTH

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PAGE 38 – 1 DOUGH, 3 RECIPES

INTERVIEW WITH THE SCULPTOR EMILY YOUNG One of the most important sculptors of modern times in conversation with sisterMAG

– PUSH IN G T H RO UGH –

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STOP THINKING! Why Routine might just be the key to creativity RUTH BADER GINSBURG A short biography MALE COMMUNICATION Understanding male communication patterns and using them strategically GIRLFIGHT – WOMEN IN BOXING Female Boxer MUSCLES IN ART Fine, fibrous, fulminant

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Text Barbara Eichhammer

the-little-wedding-corner.de Dr. Johanna Disselhoff

drjohannadisselhoff.de Robert Eberhardt

roberteberhardt.com Marlen Gruner

marlengruner.com Alex Kords

photo & Video Claudia Gödke

@claudiagoedke Cristopher Santos

cristophersantos.com Jaclyn Locke

jaclynlocke.com Hürriyet Bulan

botanic-art.de

FOOD Roberta Dall' Alba

@healthylittlecravings Dilekerei

@dilekerei Claudia Gödke

@claudiagoedke Lukas Grossmann

@foodstyling.lukasgrossmann

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kords.net Dr. Michael Neubauer Sophia Schillik

sophiaschillik.com Maren Schwarz

@maren_schwarz Elisabeth Stursberg

@lizziemariees Dr. Kathrin Vergin

@kathrinvergin sisterMAG Team

proof Ira Häussler Christian Naethler

@iamvolta Alex Kords

kords.net Amie McCracken

amiemccracken.com Michael Neubauer sisterMAG Team

translation Alex Kords

kords.net Ira Häussler Christian Naethler

@iamvolta sisterMAG Team

Styling Evi Neubauer

pinterest.com/evin Hürriyet Bulan

botanic-art.de sisterMAG Team

Hair & Makeup Anna Kürner

laetitialemak.com Laetitia Lemak

laetitialemak.com Melanie Merle

@make.up_by.mel

MODEL Rae Tilly

@raetilly Roxana Strasser

@roxisecke Kimberly Devlin-Mania

@die.kim

Patricia & Stefan Kaiser

@the.kaisers Kate Devlin

@kates-diary Valerie Husemann

@valerie.husemann

THE COVER PHOTOS Cristopher Santos

MODEL Rae Tilly

OUTFIT PAR T NER OF THE ISSUE You can recognize our partner features through the logo at the top of the page. We thank our partner Tefal very cordially, because without them this issue would not be possible!

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R A E T I L LY @ R A E T I L LY

Rae Tilly is a Berlin and London based multi hyphenate looking to make political and social change through media. Rae was born in Seoul, South Korea, adopted at 4 months old, raised in America by her Jewish-American family, and attended College in Upstate New York, where she majored in history and government and minored in fine arts. SISTER-MAG.COM

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In addition, Rae shares her fashion and life on instagram at @raetilly and also partners with brands to create unique content for social media. Rae

has

also

combined

her

passion for visual arts and politics through her online publication, After graduating, Rae moved to Berlin where she received her Masters in German and began her professional freelance career. She now splits her time between Berlin and London.

YEOJA Mag, a platform which tackles

intersectional

feminism

through subculture, art, fashion, beauty, and health. Diversity has always always played a very large and personal role for Rae. Growing up without the luxury of seeing a

Rae channels her visual creativity

diverse set of faces in positions of

through her work as an art director,

authority, politics, in hollywood,

producer,

photographer,

or on the covers of magazines

creating visual content for brands,

was what pushed Rae to create

publications, and personal projects.

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The year 1880

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What happened during the year when our title piece of art was painted? What were the news that occupied people every day? Our series »The year X« takes a closer look at a certain year and fills it with life and facts. We’re going to observe a couple of areas: politics and history, art, weather and public spaces. Let’s reconstruct the historic context of a piece of art and paint the bigger picture! This time: The year 1880.

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People Franz Marc was born in Munich on February 8th. A couple of months later, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner on May 6th in Aschaffenburg. The work of both men turned out to be a substantial part of modern European art by embodying German expressionism. They were also crucial to the organisation of artist groups: Kirchner was cofounder of »Die Brücke«, Marc cofounder of the »Blauer Reiter«.

Painting was still dominated by the established masters of the 19th century like Arnold Böcklin, whose traditional symbolism expresses his interest in mythical references and the magical

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art II potential of his scenery. He just finished the first version of his famous painting »Isle of the Dead«. Four were to follow, the third on being the most significant as it was one of the works chosen to be displayed at the Neue Reichskanzlei by Adolf Hitler. The painting vanished for decades before the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin bought it in the 1980s.

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Auguste Rodin was the reigning ruler of sculpting. The authenticity, directness and natural flair of his works made them revolutionary. His goal was for his works to be visible all around and for them to express real human emotion. On his travels through Italy in 1875/76, he was inspired by ancient culture and Renaissance art. The state of France entrusted him with making the »Gate of Hell«. Even though the project didn’t go to plan and was not finished in the allotted three years, making characters from Dante’s Divine Comedy became central to his work. After finishing »The Kiss«, Rodin started working on »The Thinker« in this year.

The kingdom of Italy had risen to political power under Umberto I and was now suffering an economic crisis. The south was suffering the most as unemployment rates rose and the difficult situation

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started to affect people and their political opinions. Two influential groups formed: the socialist party was very active politically, while Catholic groups formed nonpolitical but equally powerful initiatives. I N

improved version of a lightbulb by patent, he supported the founding of the magazine Science in the summer of 1880. The business did not gain traction even though Science quickly garnered several hundreds of subscribers.

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Science & Public Life Thomas Alva Edison was an entrepreneur as much as a scientist. After protecting his

Edison pulled back and the magazine was cancelled after just two years. Only the owner after the next was able to make it into the beacon of a scientific publication that it is today â&#x20AC;&#x201C; publishing an article on its hallowed pages pretty much equals being knighted.

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The French had firmly landed in Tahiti: King Pomaré V was forced to abdicate on June 29th as the island became part of FrenchPolynesia. Europe developed a fascination with Tahiti – only 11 years later, the painter Paul Gauguin would embark on his first journey there. Meanwhile, the political situation in France changed too: just like in Italy, socialists were on the rise. In autumn, they officially founded the Socialist Party of France.

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Politics & Architecture

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On October 15th 1880, the Kölner Dom was finished after a mere 600 years of building. At the time, the two towers were the tallest built structures in the world at a total height of 157 metres. Nevertheless, the opening ceremony attracted a lot of criticism as the Kaiserreich of Germany was still quarrelling with the Pope. Only in June, Otto 20

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von Bismarck had pulled back a law that was supposed to cut back the influence of the Catholic church in order to start careful approximation.

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Medicine & Research Travellers on Tahiti didn’t have to worry about this, but many other areas of the world paid attention to this specific discovery: The cause for malaria was identified as Plasmodium falciparum. Did the French army doctor Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran knew what he was discovering in November 1880? He widely verified the correlation between the pathogen and the disease with further research and finally managed to convince his colleagues too. The broad public recognised his work in 1907, when Alphonse Laveran was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.

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Nature If Arnold Böcklin had not spent those years in Florence, but in his home town of Basel, he would have witnessed a true wonder in nature. The Bodensee (Lake Constance) between Germany, Austria and Switzerland completely froze over during the winter of 1880 as a result of a cold summer, constant wind from the East, as well as a chilly autumn and winter time – a true rarity.

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Albertinum Dresden

S ta at l i c h e k u n s t s a m m l u n g d r e s d e n A U G U S T E R O D I N P A R I S 1 8 4 0 - 1 9 1 7 M E U D O N T H E T H I N K E R 1 8 8 1 - 8 3

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Foto: Werner Lieberknecht (Enlargement 1903) plaster; height: 183,5 cm; width: 97 cm; depth: 148 cm Skulpturensammlung, Inv.-Nr. abg. zv 2627 Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden

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A conversation with the conservator and Rodin expert Astrid Nielsen

With the famous »Thinker« by Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917), the title artwork of this sisterMAG issue, we are on the threshold of the

I N T E R V I E W :

19th and 20th centuries and

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the emergence of modern sculpture. In a conversation

sculpture:

with the conservator and Rodin

(1840 – 1917). A new medium

expert Astrid Nielsen of the

always holds interesting new insights and developments in art.

Albertinum in Dresden which owns numerous of Rodin’s sculptures, you can learn more about the work of Rodin and the »Thinker«. From modern art in Spain in our last issue we take a small leap back in the history of time in this sisterMAG issue, back to the threshold of the 19th to the 20th century and take a closer look at the founder of modern

AUGUSTE

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The Sculpture Collection in the ALBERTINUM in Dresden has numerous works by the French artist, including a version of the famous »THINKER« - the title artwork of the new issue. The conservator and Rodin expert of the house ASTRID NIELSEN has taken the time to answer a few questions about Rodin’s artistic work for the readers…

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Who was Auguste Rodin and what characterizes his artistic work? AUGUSTE RODIN (1840–1917)

was THE sculptor around the late 19th and early 20th century moving into CONTEMPORARY ART . As an artist, he shaped sculpting in the following century in a way that can be compared to Michelangelo’s influence during renaissance. Up until he was 40, it was very hard for him and his art to gain traction. Only when the state of France commissioned the »GATES OF HELL« in 1880 as the entrance to the new art museum, Rodin’s work really took off.

gates of hell These »GATES OF HELL« were a huge work in progress, that he kept changing and readjusting, taking small pieces apart and putting them back together after exhibiting them as single

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pieces. RAINER MARIA RILKE , who was Rodin’s secretary for a while, called the work »QUARRY OF IDEAS« . This approach is typical for Rodin’s revolutionary art and his way of working. He usually created a scenic environment from which he then took pieces and made them autonomous art by taking away the original background story. This separation completely takes the sculptures away from their old setting. It shows that it wasn’t just his focus on the torso as an independent piece and his interest in unfinished pieces that made him the pioneer of modern sculpting that he truly was. The contextual openness and ambiguity of his work expresses emotion and subjectivity.

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Photo: Klut - outside view of the Albertinum from the BrĂźhlsche Terrasse

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Photo: Werner Lieberknecht Auguste Rodin The Thinker 1881-83 (Enlargement 1903) plaster; height: 183,5 cm; width: 97 cm; depth: 148 cm Skulpturensammlung, Inv.-Nr. abg. zv 2627 Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden

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Albertinum. Art from the romance to the present Sculpture Hall: August Rodin, The Thinker. Center: Thomas Scheibitz, Ruin, 2010.. Photo: David Brandt (2010) © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Who was »The Thinker«? Inspired by DANTE ALIGHIERIS (1265–1321) »DIVINE COMEDY« Rodin designed the »GATES OF HELL« , which he had been commissioned to do in 1880. Originally, the piece was supposed to be the ENTRANCE TO A NEW ART MUSEUM IN PARIS . In his writing about hell,

Dante focuses on the world of

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the dead who have to pay for their sins – Rodin made his visions into sculptures. Many of Rodin’s later pieces originated from this enormous project, among them the »THINKER« . Originally, he had been made to embody Dante himself who was supposed to be reigning above the happenings of the Gate from a central position above everything else – the entire

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How many more versions of »The Thinker« are there and where are they?

How did the colossal sculpture of Rodin come into possession of your collection?

In total, there are more than 25 colossal versions made from plaster stone and cast in bronze. They can be found in Paris, New York, Copenhagen, Cleveland, Detroit or Bielefeld.

Our plaster-stone-version at the Albertinum was bought by the artist himself after »GROSSE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG« (Great Art Exhibition) in 1904 in Dresden. Georg Treu, the director of the sculpture collection, managed to convince the Dresden banker FRITZ EMIL GÜNTHER and he financially backed the purchase.

work even had the title »THE POET« . But as per usual, Rodin took him out of his environment and displayed him separately and even scaled him up to three times his original size. Today, the »THINKER« is the most famous sculpture made by Rodin and even one of the most famous sculptures in the history of modern art.

What else can you see in the Albertinum Dresden next to the sculpture collection? The Albertinum offers art from Romanticism until today to its visitors. We have paintings by CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH and GERHARD RICHTER as well as sculptures by Rodin and 21st century artists. Our collection has a great reputation all around the world.

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short biography

Astrid Nielsen M.A. conservator

Studied art history, Romance languages and Modern German Literature at the ChristianAlbrechts-University of Kiel. 1996 Obtaining the Magister Artium with a work on architecture and sculpture of Viennese Art Nouveau.

special exhibition From the March 2nd, we’re showing a new special exhibition: »Kandinsky, Mondrian, Lissitzky und die abstrakt-konstruktive Avantgarde in Dresden 1919–1932« (Kandinsky, Mondrian, Lissitzky and the abstractconstructive avantgarde in Dresden 1919-1932)

1999 Working for the Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden since 1999. 2012 Since 2012 conservator of the sculpture collection at the Albertinum. 2006 In 2006 she realized the exhibition »100 YEARS AGO. RODIN IN GERMANY«. Submitted numerous publications and lectures about the sculptures of the 19th and 20th century. 29

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T H E MO N UME N TA L FRIE N DSH IP BE T W E E N

Rodin & Rilke

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»You can do nothing but work. Work and be pat i e n t. «

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The f riends hip b e tween Rod in a nd Ril k e is the p rime examp le o f an a mb ival ent rel at i o n shi p b e tween two gre at ar t i st s that went throu gh t h e stages of early em o t i o nal c onnection, cl ose c oll aboration an d t he i ne vitabl e es tra n g ement.

The artistic results of their collaboration show much more than a personal connection and give insight into the work and lives of two heroes of art of the 20th century.

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At 25 years old, poet and writer RAINER MARIA RILKE (18751926) met the then 61 year old and world-renowned AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) on September 1st, 1902 in Paris. Back then, Rilke was writing a book about the French sculptor that he would finish towards the end of 1902. In 1905, Rilke returned to Paris, moving to Rodinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate in Meudon, located just outside the city, and became his secretary. He corresponded with admirers from Germany, kept in touch with publishers and magazines, became an expert on all aspects of Rodinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work and life, travelled to give talks about the artist and spread his fame. 32

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As Austrian writer STEFAN ZWEIG (1881-1932), would later write about the meeting of those two artists and the ambitions of the young poet who sought to impress with airy words instead of hard rock: »The fickle thing we would call coincidence brought Rilke to Paris, where he became Rodin’s secretary and lived in

those lofty, hallowed halls out in Meudon, where there were white and pristine works, a wood made from stone that was still separated in its parts by the emptiness of space and the inner finality of its outlines. He saw the old master with his dividing power and he was tempted to be like him, to make his written material as final and strict as Rodin plastically formed his portraits of the world – to shape glasslike verses into the same harsh lines as Rodin did with the marbled weight of earthgrown stone.«

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Fo r Ril k e, his t i m e w ith Rod in wa s an e ducation in s eei ng – he cl os ely f ol lo wed the originatio n o f e v e ry p iece as well as the ir d is tributio n an d R od in’s integrat i o n i nto the high s o ci et y of Paris and it s ar t mark et.

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In hindsight, their collaboration appears to be a classic masterstudent that mostly shaped the younger student’s creative development. But only one year later, in 1906 , the close collaboration came to a sudden end – and RODIN and RILKE did not part as friends. They met time and time again and for a while, Rilke even lived at the HOTEL BIRON (Rodin’s Parisian Townhouse from 1908 and the present-day MUSÉE RODIN ), but they never grew truly close again.

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IN 2001 the letters written

between the two artists were published in German. Mostly from Rilke’s pen, since Rodin used written communication mostly for exchanging necessary information, the letters show a deep and soulful view on art theory and other matters. They express the

current state and worldview of the young poet that originally idolised the old master. Rilke captured many reflections and quotes by MAÎTRE RODIN : »You can do nothing but work. Work and be patient.« or »The artist has to return to God’s original text.«

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» You can do nothing but work. W o r k a n d b e p at i e n t. «

In his first letters to Rodin in the summer of 1902 , Rilke writes: »I want to thank you again for your great letter and want to greet you, my noble master, with all my admiration.« As the letters progress, a certain disenchantment and emotional conflict appears between the lines. The ideal picture of the sculptor who made those appealing, sensual, anthropomorphic works could not stand up to reality. Rilke’s

view of an artist as a genius and disconnected viewer of the world, as a human combination of spirit and matter did not conform to everyday life. Rodin might have been a great artist, but he was also a regular human being. When he was done working, he behaved like any Parisian man; went out, had (short-lived) relationships with several mistresses and was bored.

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Slowly, the MYTH OF RODIN faded in the eyes of the young poet. It appeared like Rodin was no floating cosmic flâneur but merely a great craftsman. While it was agreed that Rilke would work for Rodin two hours a day, this allotted time was far from enough for the overburdened poet, who’s French was not good enough to quickly deal with correspondence. After a row about a simple misunderstanding, Rodin harshly fired Rilke with immediate effects. Because he disagreed, Rilke at first kept up giving talks about Rodin. Many other things separated the two greats: While Rodin was bound to his beloved Paris, Rilke was a free spirit; never in one place for too long. He stayed with friends and in luxury hotels as he made his SISTER-MAG.COM

RO DIN , 1 9 0 4 way through Europe and its contemplative and exquisite towns and wandering became the core of his art. He spent the last five years of his life in an isolated stone tower in the Swiss canton of WALLIS , where he died from leukaemia in 1926 . The

relationship between RODIN and RILKE is a prime example for the temporary collaboration between two artists: an intense balance of closeness and distance, of gleaming admiration and bitter disappointment and the shaping of all of these things into incomparable art – in this case, the grandest poems of

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» The artist has to return t o G o d ’ s o r i g i n a l t e x t. «

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the century and iconic sculptures that are still known around the world and sold at high prices. Those who would like to learn more about the special relationship between the two artists should definitely read the recommended book (with much additional information) that deeply elaborates on

said friendship. If possible, take the book to the beautiful gardens of the MUSÉE RODIN in Paris – a view of fresh, green chestnut trees and the pretty limestone façade of this hôtel particulier

(Rodin lived there between 1908 and 1917) will make reading even more worthwhile. After his death in 1917 , Rodin was buried underneath »THE THINKER« on the grounds of the estate that he bought in 1895 to have a quiet place in addition to his studio in Paris.

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F I L L I N G R a w b r o w n s u g a r, 2 5 g r C a r d a m o m p o w d e r, one teaspoon Raspberry jam, 145 gr Fr e s h r a s p b e r r i e s , 3 0 g r Egg yol k + a drop of almond milk, to brush

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Prepare the dough as mentioned above. On a floured surface, roll out the dough to be about 30 x 40 cm.

S ERV ES 16 SMALL BUNS

Step 2 Spread the raspberry jam all over, and place some fresh raspberries on the surface (slightly flatten them). Step 3

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Combine cardamom powder and brown sugar, then sprinkle it onto the filling. Step 4 Fold the dough in 2 or 3 lengthways. You should end up with a rectangle. Step 5 Using a pizza cutter, cut 16 strips of dough (starting from the long side of the rectangle). Step 6 Take one strip and spin it around a few times. Curl into a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;knotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and make sure both ends are tucked under so they do not open during baking.

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Step 7 Place the knots spaced well apart on a baking sheet and let rise – covered - in a warm place for 30 minutes. Step 8 Meanwhile preheat your oven at 200°C. Step 9 After 30 minutes of rising, brush the raspberry cardamom buns with egg yolk + a drop of almond milk, and bake for 15 minutes. Step 10 Check them frequently to be sure they do not burn (every oven is different). Step 11 Let them cool and eat them immediately, or freeze them.

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Prepare the dough as mentioned above. Step 2

F I L L I N G

While rising, prepare the hazelnut spread: blend hazelnuts, chocolate and cocoa powder until nice and creamy (you’ll need a very strong blender for this as most regular ones aren’t strong enough to quickly make nut butter from the hazelnuts). Let it chill in the fridge to firm a bit.

Hazelnuts, 120 gr Dark chocolate, 15 gr Unsweetened cocoa p o w d e r, 1 tablespoon Ground hazelnuts to sprinkle, 30 gr

Step 3 On a floured surface, roll out the dough to be approximately 30 x 40 cm. Step 4 Spread ¾ of the hazelnut filling* leaving a border around the dough.

*eat the remaining hazelnut spread with bread or drizzle it on your oatmeal in the morning.

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B A B K A Step 5 Roll it up from the bottom (the longer edge) to the top, until you get a long snug roll (make sure the end is tucked under) Step 6 Chill the babka in the freezer for 20/30 minutes (make sure it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t freeze). Step 7 Using a bread knife, cut the log lengthwise. Step 8 Take a piece and fold it onto the other, forming a braid. Step 9 Pinch the edges together to seal the babka. Step 10 Line a 10 x 22 cm (approximately 8 x 4 inches) loaf pan with parchment paper (if you use a silicon/ paper pan, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to line it). SISTER-MAG.COM

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Step 11 Place the babka into the pan and let it rise for 2 hours. Step 12 Preheat the oven at 180Â°C. Step 13 Brush the surface of your babka with egg yolk, sprinkle some roughly ground hazelnuts on top and bake for 30/35 minutes. Step 14 Let it cool before removing it from the pan. Eat it or freeze it. A P P Ă&#x2030; T I T !

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I N G R E D I E N T S W i l l i a m s p e a r, 1 s m a l l Re d o n i o n , 1 s m a l l Pine nuts, half a tablespoon Fe t a c h e e s e , 2 0 / 3 0 g r Fr e s h r o s e m a r y s p r i g s , t o taste Extra virgin olive oil, to brush H o n e y, t o g a r n i s h (optional)

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03 pear & feta

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Prepare the dough as mentioned above. Step 2 S ERV ES 2-3 PEOPLE 26CM ROUND PAN

Oil a 26-cm round pan. Step 3 After the dough has doubled in size, transfer it to the pan and press it with your fingers, stretching it so it covers the bottom of the pan.

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Step 4 Slice the pear and the onion thinly (about 2 mm thick), then cover the dough with the slices. Step 5 Sprinkle some feta cheese, pine nuts and rosemary sprigs. Step 6 Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour.

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Step 7 In the meantime, preheat the oven at 180° C. Step 8 When leavened, brush the ‘cornicione’ (outer edge) with olive oil. Step 9 Bake for 30/35 minutes. Step 10 Serve with a drizzle of honey (optional).

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Pro d uc t io n: Th eresa B ai er Sophi a Wer n er Ph o to s: Sophi a Wer n er Hür r i yet B u l an Flowe r a rra nge m e nt : Hür r i yet B u l an Ca ke : Dilekerei

The Thinker Simple elegance This issue’s Table of the Month is fully dedicated to RODIN’S »THE THINKER« . The famous artist inspired us to this minimalistic and bright coloured table setting, laid out for one person. 55

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A hint of spring In white, grey and green Light tones in grey and beige make up the colour palette of this Table Of The Month. They convey a cool but comfortable atmosphere while colourful flowers spruce up the mood and show a hint of spring.

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Au guste Ro d in :

» P a i n t i n g s , s c u l p t u r e s , l i t e r at u r e a n d m u s i c a r e m o r e c l o s e ly r e l at e d t h a n o n e might believe. They express all feelings o f t h e h u m a n s o u l t o w a r d s n at u r e . «

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Botanic Art

Pretty Flowers

Rahaus

Velvet Chair

Marble Top Table

Zara Home

Linen Curtains

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Dissymmetry Scandinavian Design This teapot by Bolia from the series ECLIPSE is a real eyecatcher

All rounder

This combination of grey and white dishes is complemented by shiny cutlery.

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Simple elegance meets floral artistry A serious face For this table, we focused on SHAPES and STRUCTURES . Not only the repeated, asymmetrical shapes of the chairs and scandi-inspired dishes show this. The linen curtains, the faux fur blanket

draped over the chair and the unique structure of the carpet are also tied in with the timeless style. Even Rodin was inspired by the textures of different surfaces â&#x20AC;&#x201C; be inspired!

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Pastel Colours

Pampas Grass

Green and White

Playfulness

Aesthetics

Elegance

The sumptuous floral arrangements contrast the rest of the set-up.

Pampas grass perfectly matches the simple and elegant mood.

The scandiinspired teapot accentuates the round table.

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Rodi n a b ou t nature

»Art is nothing more than a study of n at u r e . T h i s s t u d y i s w h at m a d e a n c i e n t a n d g o t h i c t i m e s s o g r e at. N at u r e i s everything. We don’t invent or make anything.«

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flower power

dream cake

@botanicart did her magic and made a special flower arrangement for us.

What is essential for a Table Of The Month? A stunning cake by @dilekerei!

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Rodi n loved Ar t:

» Are you c o n v i n c e d t h at art is a kind of religion?«

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As delicious as french fries and the like are, they all too often arrive on a plate of bad conscience. After all, we all know that fried food is not the healthiest. But why is that? What happens to our food when we fry it, and are there healthier alternatives? We asked ourselves these questions when we tested the ACTIFRY

GENIUS hot air fryer with

our partner, Tefal. The product is a type of fryer that uses much less oil and a lower temperature than conventional devices. The following pages highlight our experience with the ACTIFRY , as well as some of our favourite recipes and exciting facts about frying!

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From lunch recipes to afternoon pick-meup snacks, the TEFAL ACTIFRY GENIUS was literally a hot item in the sisterMAG office! And it wasn't just a master of French fries. To demonstrate just how versatile the device is, here are four FAVOURITE RECIPES from the editorial staff!

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with goat cheese, rocket, and Samosas sun-dried tomatoes

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layer puff pastry goat cheese

19 M I N .

sun-dried tomatoes

a handful of rocket

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90 g

MODE 4

Cut the puff pastry sheets into 6 strips. Put a piece of goat cheese and a sundried tomato on each strip, cover it with rocket, and fold it into a samosa, gradually pushing the rocket into the dough pocket. Repeat this step.

Make sure that the ends of the strip of pastry overlap well so that the samosas do not open during cooking.

Place the samosas in the ActiFry and close the lid.

Follow the cooking time indicated. MODE 4 – Pastry, duration: 19 MINUTES

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INGREDIENTS

45 MIN.

MODE 9

300 g

chocolate

150 g

flour

270 g

very soft, salted butter

210 g

walnuts

eggs

egg yolk

300 g

6 PERS.

A few drops of vinegar (balsamic vinegar, apple vinegar, or white vinegar)

cane sugar 1.

Melt the chocolate (in the microwave or in a water bath). Add the butter and mix both (if the butter does not melt completely, heat the mixture carefully).

Add the eggs, egg yolks, and a few drops of vinegar and mix. Add the cane sugar and continue stirring.

Add the sieved flour. Stir. Add the walnuts.

Remove the stirring element from the bowl. Cut a circle 29 cm in diameter out of a sheet of baking paper. Cut the centre crosswise. Place the baking paper in the ActiFry bowl. Pour in the cake mixture. Close the lid.

Follow the cooking time. MODE: 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DESSERTS , Duration: 45 MINUTES .

Place the cake on a large round plate. Allow to cool. Enjoy warm or cold.

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Caramelized

chicken thighs WITH HONEY AND GINGER

INGREDIENTS

MODE 6

Chicken thighs

1,5

ActiFry spoonfuls of honey 9 cl

25 MIN.

onions, finely chopped

1,5

ActiFry spoonfuls of ginger, finely chopped fein gehackt

soy sauce

In a bowl mix the honey with the soy sauce with the chopped onion and the ginger.

Brush the thighs with this sauce and let them rest for 1 hour.

Follow the cooking time. MODE 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chicken, duration: 25 MINUTES.

Season to taste and enjoy.

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Gourmet Coconut

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BITES

INGREDIENTS

MODE 3

45 MIN.

level teaspoons baking powder

190g

coconut

1,5

150g

sugar

The juice of half a lemon (or a half ActiFry spoonful white wine vinegar)

300g flour 7,5 cl

coconut milk

7,5 cl

milk

eggs

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Add all ingredients to a salad bowl and mix well with a fork or wooden spoon. You should get a thick, elastic dough.

Brush the ActiFry bowl with oil.

Follow the specified preheating time. MODE – MANUAL , duration: 5 MINUTES , temp.: 220°C.

Form small dumplings of 25-30 g using 2 dessert spoons. Place 14 bites in the ACTIFRY bowl, making sure that there is space around each bite. Close the lid.

Follow the cooking time indicated. 3 - Fried Snacks, duration: 12 MINUTES.

Take the bites out of the bowl and repeat the process until all the dough has been used. Form small dumplings using 2 dessert spoons. Place them in the ACTIFRY bowl, making sure that there is space around each bite. Close the lid.

Follow the cooking time indicated. MODE 3 – Fried Snacks, duration: 16 MINUTES.

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Frying

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H O W D O E S T H A T A C T U A L LY WORK?

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WHAT I S ACT U ALLY SO U NH EA LT H Y AB O U T D EEP - F RY I N G, AND DO FRIE S AND T H E LI K E R EALLY B ECO ME H EALT H I ER I N A HO T AI R F RY E R? To find the answers, we asked nutrition expert DR. KATHRIN VERGIN about everything to do with frying.

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The TEFAL ACTIFRY does not only fry your recipes with much less oil thanks to the automatic stirring arm you can also dispense with manual stirring and look forward to a delicious meal. 79

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processes and how this affects cell changes, for example. In addition, I spent four years as a manager in a food laboratory, where I investigated ingredients and additives and was able to assign certain ingredients to these patterns. It was the closing of a cycle for me.

H o w did yo u co me t o be a n u t rit io n ist ? Te l l us a l ittl e ab o u t yo u r self – who are you an d wher e d o yo u w o rk ? The topic of nutrition has been a part of my life since I was a teenager. The topic of weight has always been part of my everyday life. Through my research and doctorate in oncological chemistry, I became more and more involved with the topic of "EATING BEHAVIOUR" and related patterns. I wanted to find out what influence our diet has on certain metabolic

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My own story led me to nutrition counselling. A few years ago I weighed 18 kg more than I do today. I finally wanted to find an approach that would work sustainably, even without diets. I combined the patterns recognized in my research with professional findings and the subject of emotions. This is how today's approach came about, with which I help people to get their "EMOTIONAL EATING BEHAVIOUR" under control and to finally be slim without

Ma n y o f t h e ta st e s w e l ove ca n o n ly disso lve w e l l in fat, a n d t h us ful ly de ve l o p t h e ir a ro ma .

starvation or diet. The topic of "EMOTIONAL FOOD" became the core of my work. I was also passionate about participating in triathlons, which I have been doing for almost five years at the Ironman distance (3.8km swimming, 180km cycling and 42km running). It's a perfect complement to my diet. With my coaching I help athletes optimize their nutrition for their next competition so they can maximize their performance and achieve new personal bests. I have been working in this field for almost 10 years now and am always happy when I can help people in the areas of nutrition, weight loss, or health to achieve an improved lifestyle.

W h at hap p ens t o t he b o dy when i t abs orbs fat? Let's take a look at frying,

whether it's French fries, fish, or a delicious pastry. We love these foods and eat them with pleasure. This is sometimes due to the fat we use. In general, our body needs fat. It is important for the body because it supplies essential fatty acids that our organism cannot produce itself. Our brain would no longer function properly if we did not consume fat. Fat is also a FLAVOUR CARRIER . Many of the tastes we love can only dissolve well in fat, and thus fully develop their aroma. If fat is missing, flavour is still there â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but the result is rather bland. Fat does not taste good to us at first because only the free fatty acids develop taste on our tongue. The triggers

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are free fatty acids that are broken down in the mouth with the help of certain enzymes, so-called lipases, from dietary fats. Only the free fatty acids are recognized by certain receptors in your mouth.

W h at are t h e d i f f er ences b e tween conven t i o nal f ry i n g a nd f rying with a ho t ai r f ry er ? In recent years in particular, people have increasingly paid attention to their diet. Organic

The unhealthy thin g ab o u t d e e p-fry ing is that fat s t u r n i nto trans fats in whi ch the fatty acid s ar e b o u n d dif f erently.

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food is more important to us than ever before and we are placing more value on regional and seasonal products. So if you want to combine regional organic products such as potatoes with the great taste of fries, ActiFry presents a fantastic option. A hot-air deep fryer manages to combine the best of both worlds and deliver the perfect French fries without fat while remaining crispy. The secret is the use of hot air. It gently cooks the food and is above all fatfree. There are other benefits too: less unpleasant odours and no danger from frying hot fat. If you still don't want to do without the distinctive taste of fried fat, you have the option of adding a few drops of healthy oil. This way the food gets an additional aromatic note. Highquality fats such as olive oil are a great option.

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For example: 100 grams of frozen French fries contain 320 calories. By comparison, 100 grams of raw potatoes contain only 80 calories! Deepfrozen fries prepared in the oven contain less fat than fried fries, but they often don't get as crispy because the heat first has to melt the ice. The hot air fryer is a great alternative for preparing deep-frozen fries as it does not require any additional oil and even removes some fat from the fries. French fries prepared in the hot-air deep fryer have almost 80% less calories than fries from a traditional deep fryer. In addition to fries, other vegetables can also be prepared by gently steaming them in the Actifry. As there is no direct contact between the vegetables and water, the vegetables preserve their own taste, shape, colour, and most vitamins and nutrients. Broccoli and cauliflower are particularly suitable for this type of cooking method. Steaming has another

decisive advantage: less calories since no fat is being used.

What a re t h e a dva n tage s o f h o t ai r fry e rs? If we summarize much of what we've already discussed, we can see advantages such as easy operation and even less time required for cleaning. The preparation possibilities for a hot air deep fryer are much greater than for a classic deep fryer. All goods that can be prepared in a fat fryer can also be cooked in a hot air fryer. Conversely, this is not necessarily the case. In addition, frying without fat at a lower temperature is not only good for preserving vitamins and nutrients but it also reduces calories. Furthermore,

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W h at is co n cl usio n Act iFry ?

hot air fryers protect against the absorption of trans fats or acrylamide. I have been a fan of French fries my whole life and therefore consider myself an authority on the matter. Fries from the Tefal Actifry taste fantastic. As a nutritional coach, I have the added joy of being able to endorse an alternative that delivers enjoyment without a bad conscience. SISTER-MAG.COM

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Yes, you can fry better! Homemade French fries made from fresh potatoes turn golden brown and crispy in the hot air deep fryer while saving up to 80% fat content compared to a conventional deep fryer in which fries are cooked in hot oil. A direct comparison between a hot-air deep fryer and a classic deep fryer shows that a hot-air deep fryer prepares food much healthier and more gently. It's a beautiful appliance that can be confidently recommended in light of my experience as a nutrition coach.

100 g rams of f rozen Fr e nch f ries contai n 320 cal ories. By c omparis on, 100 grams of raw potatoes contai n only 80 cal ories !

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favourite recipes - F R O M F A M I LY T O A LWAYS O N T H E G O

We didn't test the TEFAL ACTIFRY GENIUS alone – we also tried out the recipes together with influencers during an event at our studio and a production at Bodensee. We talked about their very different preferences for the ACTIFRY GENIUS recipes, like whether they want a quick bite on the go before their next job, a meal that tastes good for the whole family, or a delicious vegan dish. THESE ARE THEIR FAVOURITE RECIPES!

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Roxana SPORTIVE AND A LWAYS O N T H E G O

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Bolognese Sauce WITH ROXANA

INGREDIENTS

ActiFry spoonfuls olive oil

small onions

80 ml

red wine

A handful of tomatoes

800 ml

pureed tomatoes

800 g minced beef (5% fat)

carrots

Salt, pepper

zucchinis

Add the oil to the ACTIFRY .

8 MIN.

MODE MANUEL

the lid. Mode MANUAL , duration MINUTE , temp.: 220°C

season to taste. Close the lid. Follow the cooking time. Mode – MANUAL , duration 8 MINUTES , temp.: 220°C

– 1

Chop the onion into small pieces and add to the ACTIFRY .

Close lid. Follow the cooking time indicated. MODE – MANUAL , duration 4 MINUTES , temp.: 220°C

Add the minced meat and

In between: Open the lid and separate the pieces of meat.

Douse with the red wine. Add the vegetables and the tomatoes. Follow the cooking time. Mode – MANUAL , duration 30 MINUTES, temp.: 220°C.

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PLEASE INTRODUCE Y O U R S E L F B R I E F LY . WHO ARE YOU AND W H AT D O Y O U D O ?

Roxana

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My name is Roxi from @roxisecke, I am 28 years old and live close to the Bodensee in Southern Germany. I have been sharing my advice on working out and a healthy lifestyle online for more than four years. It has always been my goal to find a cool and modern

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approach to the topic and to show everyone how easy it can be! A balanced diet doesn't mean having to give up on anything. The only thing is that we have to be conscious of what we eat and that is what I show on my social media platforms.

The products I buy need to be from regional sources and if possible organic. I believe that chemicals harm our body, lead to illnesses and can even cause depression. It is also very important to me that the food preparation is done gently and vitamins as well as minerals stay intact. And of course I want as little work as possible with cleaning up afterwards.

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WHICH CHALLENGES DO YOU ENCOUNTER WHEN COOKING - IN PA R T I C U L A R I N R E GA R D S T O A H E A LT H Y A N D BALANCED DIET?

I love eating and always pay attention to flavor. That is why I have given up on any preproduced products and meals, they aren't good for my body and I always feel bad afterwards. For that reason, I have to put more research into the dishes I prepare, but that is totally worth it for me! I enjoy trying out new recipes and getting creative in the kitchen. I also try to make dishes which normally wouldn't be very healthy, more so. And you wouldn't believe it: that is actually pretty easy, but most people tend to not take the time to even try. But I am convinced that there is nothing more important than taking care of our bodies - we only have one life and the people around us benefit as well when we feel good about ourselves.

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I love fries, in particular sweet potatoe fries and the Tefal ActiFry helps me to prepare fries which still fit a balanced diet. All I need to do is to add 2 spoons of olive oil and the fries turn out crispy and incredibly yummy. And the best thing: I don't have to clean my whole baking sheet afterwards, but can put the ActiFry bowl into my dishwasher and don't have to worry about it. And for other dishes such as a bolognese sauce, I don't need to watch the preparation, but can easily walk away and take care of some chores or go for a run.

W H AT I S Y O U R FAV O R I T E DISH?

As described above, I love sweet potatoe fries with a filet and a colorful salad! That is one of my ultimate favorite dishes right now. I also really love penne with a bolognese sauce. And I adore brownies, which can also be done with the Tefal ActiFry. That is my next mission: to find a healthy brownie recipe that I can make with the Tefal ActiFry.

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VEGANE ERNÄHRUNG

Valerie

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Apricot compote

p u r y s e l p a m y h c n u r c with muesli crumble WITH VALERIE 8 MIN.

MODE 9

INGREDIENTS 1,5

cans of apricots, sweetened (475 g cans)

100g

oat flakes

ActiFry spoonfuls maple syrup

ActiFry spoonfuls coconut oil

Mix the oat flakes and maple syrup with half the coconut oil. Drain the apricots.

Place the muesli on the handle side and the apricots on the opposite side of the bowl. Sprinkle the remaining coconut oil over the apricots.

Follow the cooking time. MODE 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DESSERTS , duration: 18 MINUTES

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PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WHO A R E Y O U A N D W H AT DO YOU DO?

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I am Valerie, 26 years old, and live in Berlin. I am a mindfulness trainer and share on Instagram everything around a conscious life, healthy nutrition, and self

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take too long. That way I can enjoy the rest of my lunch break without chaos in the kitchen. W H AT I S E S P E C I A L LY I M P O R TA N T TO Y O U W H E N P R E PA R I N G FO O D?

H O W D O E S T H E T E FA L ACTIFRY HELP YOU WITH THIS?

When preparing food, it is particularly important to me where my food comes from. I try to buy organic and get a lot fresh produce from the market.

What I particularly like about the Tefal ActiFry is that I don't have to turn on the oven for small portions. It's simply more time efficient and because it's just one container, it's much faster. The stirring arm is also practical because it allows me to do something else while the appliance is preparing the dish. I don't even have to be in the kitchen! It's also great to avoid oil splashes and the smell of frying in the kitchen.

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While I like to spend a lot of time in the kitchen on weekends, I simply have to move a little faster during the week. That doesn't always work, of course, because it requires some meal prep. When I'm alone, it's often not worth cooking just one portion, so I always like to freeze the leftovers or have recipes ready that don't

W H AT I S Y O U R FAV O U R I T E D I S H T H AT Y O U P R E PA R E D W I T H T H E T E FA L A CT I F R Y S O FA R ?

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We only use fresh, quality ingredients. Of course, they should taste great as well.

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Life moves fast with children. That's why it's important to have a kitchen routine with just a few simple steps. We often resort to fast food â&#x20AC;&#x201C; specially in stressful situations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so it is very important to prepare. A weekly meal plan is a must, as is pre-cooking. It's not necessary to always cook three different meals every day. It is better to cook a little more and then have something left the next day. This saves you at least one cooking session.

We can prep the Tefal ActiFry beforehand and it prepares the food while we can do other things. With a large capacity (more than 1.2 kilograms, and 1.7 kilograms in the XL version), I can prepare enough food to last for the next day. W H AT I S Y O U R FAV O U R I T E D I S H ?

We love the maple syrup and thyme potatoes. It's a perfect snack for which you can find in the free ActiFry cookbook. Even Patricia, who doesn't like cooked potatoes at all, loves them.

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My name is Kate, I am 22 years old, and have recently moved into my first own apartment in Cologne. I live with my most loyal combowlion, my dog Timba. My job as a flight attendant lets me discover the world. It's no surprise that travelling is my favourite hobby. W H AT I S PA R T I C U L A R LY I M P O R TA N T TO Y O U W H E N P R E PA R I N G FO O D?

It is important that my food prep is as quick, easy, and healthy as possible. Due to my weight loss of 17 kg last year, it is especially important for me to cook low-fat food.

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Because of my job, I usually eat at irregular times. I often come home very late in the evening; dinner has to be fast, easy, and healthy. ActiFry does a lot of work for me because you don't have to do anything except the prep work. After that, I can do other things while the food essentially cooks itself. W H AT I S Y O U R FAV O U R I T E D I S H T H AT Y O U P R E PA R E D W I T H T H E T E FA L A CT I F R Y ?

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My absolute favourite dish is (of course) the fries. But I also love the homemade granola – an essential part of my breakfast.

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W H AT C H A L L E N G E S D O Y O U FA C E I N Y O U R D A I LY LIFE WHEN IT COMES TO C O O K I N G , E S P E C I A L LY WHEN YOU COOK FOR YOUR CHILDREN?

My daily challenge in cooking for a five-person family is that everyone enjoys the dish and there isn't one child who absolutely doesn't like it.

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My name is Kim, I am 27 years old, and I live with my husband and my three children in Cologne. We are expecting our fourth child. W H AT I S E S P E C I A L LY I M P O R TA N T TO Y O U W H E N P R E PA R I N G FO O D?

What is particularly important to me when preparing food is that I don't have to stay fixed next to the stove but that I can keep the children occupied or do other things around the house.

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The ActiFry helps me prepare healthy meals without having to focus solely on cooking. W H AT I S Y O U R FAV O U R I T E DISH?

My favourite dish is mixed vegetables. The children love classic French fries and schnitzel.

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sisterMAG Travelling Series Every now and again, an exhibition draws enough attention so that people from all over the world pack their bags and go on a pilgrimage to see it. The Christian Dior exhibition that opened in Paris with the title »Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve« is one of them – and it has now moved on to London, where it is called »Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams«. The couturiers love for Great Britain and London was reason enough for us to take our sisterMAG readers to England’s capital. »There is no other country next to my home country whose way of life I appreciate as much« Dior once said about Great Britain. If you’re planning on packing a small suitcase to head to London and visit the exhibition (a detailed report on page xxx), you’ll find a guide for a 1.5 day trip to London! We’ve listed some classics and some secret spots that are worth visiting. Our guide was put together by sisterMAG founders Toni and Thea who visited the Dior-exhibition with their mother Evi. T E X T

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PADDINGTON STATION Our plane arrived in London in the late afternoon. Border control and airport security are an issue for every visitor of Britain’s capital so you should plan at least (!) 2-3 hours to get into town. Even though citizens of the European Union technically don’t need their passports yet to enter the country, you should bring yours to be truly safe. The new electronic passport features (a small sign indicates a biometric passport) with automatic control shorten the waiting times by at least 30-40 minutes. The airport includes typically British chains like Costa, Nero and Prêt-a-manger with options to get a quick coffee for the long trip to central London.

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We started our tour of London by having proper afternoon tea. This famous occasion comes with many rules that should technically be applied. Usually, black tea (for example Earl Grey) is served with milk – and the controversy begins right there: Some people are firmly in camp milk-in-first = MIF; some always put the tea in first = TIF. Along with tea, most restaurants offer small sandwiches, scones and cakes on two-, threeor even four-tiered serving plates.

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• BROWN'S HOTEL When researching the Top10 Tea Time destinations in London, there is no way around Brown's Hotel (founded in 1837). It’s known

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On the hunt for signs of Christian Dior in London, the Old Bond Street offers the modern equivalent of luxury. You can go window shopping and admire the stunning displays at Louis Vuitton and more as well as the stunning architecture. One highlight is the »Royal Arcade«, built in 1879, and the first arcade of its kind that was built for commercial purposes only. The saddle roof, richly decorated stucco-arches and iconic columns have hardly been changed over the past 138 years. The original elements have been kept and make it one of the most prestigious Victorian arcades. Take a stroll there after sunset to enjoy the beautiful lights.

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A morning at the museum The Tate Modern, The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum are only a few of the options that London offers to culturally interested visitors. Many museums have areas outside of special exhibitions that are free of charge. Should

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you plan on visiting the V&A read our tips:

CHRISTIAN DIOR – DESIGNER OF DREAMS Most of the online tickets are sold out until the closing date (July 14th 2019). Arriving early is worth it – being there 1-2 hours before the museum opens will significantly cut down on your waiting time. Another tip: The exhibition is free for members of the V&A.

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To pass time a little more quickly, you could read a book on the steps of the V&A, chat to a friend or listen to something. Of course, podcasts and books can be enjoyed at home too. But we’ve put together reading and listening material around the topic of Christian Dior and more. Enjoy!

Novel »Flower for Mrs Harris« by Paul Gallico

Autobiography: »Dior by Dior«

Podcast »Business of Fashion« with

Maria Grazia Chiuri on her perspective on Dior from a female point of view

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Enchanting story about a cleaning lady from London whose biggest wish is a dress by Dior.

Podcast »This American Life«

Folge 654 »The Feather Heist«: A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds. Why and what happens next.

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Roman »I'll Drink to That« by Betty Halbreich with Rebecca Paley

Podcast »ADAY Founder Nina Faulhaber« sisterMAG Radio Podcast episode 21

Betty Halbreich talks about her long life as a personal shopper for Bergdorf Goodman.

Podcast »Glossy« Glossy is a weekly show discussing the impact of technology on the fashion and luxury industry with the people making change happen.

Novel »Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano« by Dana Thomas

DON'T MISS When leaving the V&A, do not use the main entrance but enjoy the atmosphere and quiet elegance of the Exhibition Road courtyard. Also stop by the Museum Café for a sweet treat and a coffee.

Roman »Tales from the Back Row« by Amy Odell Collection of personal essays about a young woman working in the fashion industry.

ALSO: the museum shop and the inside court of the V&A are worth a visit!

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The best lunch spots Every London corner has a beautiful restaurant, cafĂŠ or concept store to attract visitors. We took a short trip to Marylebone and had a small snack at Sourced Market on Wigmore Street. The first one was opened in 2007 and Sourced Market now has four different locations around

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VV ROULEAUX

GETTING THERE To make the most of our trip, we tried taking the bus instead of the Tube. Line 74 took us from the V&A to George Street. From there, it took us only 8-10 minutes to our next stop: VV Rouleaux.

Ribbons & Feathers

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t ee tr S h ig H e h T n o n o o An Aftern MARYLEBONE HIGH STREET After a long visit to the museum and a quick snack, we went off for a stroll on the high streets. It almost doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter which one you pick since most districts offer you an equally beautiful selection of both independent and more well-known shops. Marylebone has been a popular part of town since the 17th century, as a list of famous inhabitants of said district proves. We favoured the more calm and elegant Marylebone High Street over the crowded and well-known Oxford Street. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a short walk between VV Rouleaux and the southern end of the High Street. SISTER-MAG.COM

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Arguably

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Following

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windows. Daunts

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The most traditionally British dinner is served at the Prince Regent. After finding a seat between lots of rugby fans, we ordered classic fish and chips. The battered fish is so tender that it almost melts off the fork, and the chips are accompanied by tartar sauce, mushy peas and a slice of lemon.

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More stops and highlights th at you shouldn ’ t miss

Shops • FISCHER'S Fischers is inspired by an Austrian coffee shop and the perfect reason to get dressed up. The café and restaurant has 100 seats for guests that come for breakfast, lunch and drinks and dinner. Fun fact: Fischers was shaped by industry heavyweights like Chris Corbin and Jeremy King (both are known for the re-opening of the Wolseley in 2003).

FISCHER'S THE CONRAN SHOP

• THE CONRAN SHOP The Conran shop is located inside an old stable. The eclectic mix of kitchenware, furniture, lighting, textiles and art combine a mix of classic and innovative pieces. The most important bit is the first level with its »Ultimate Conran Apartment«.

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The last hours

On the way back you also have to schedule time for the commute and security at the airport. If you’re lucky enough to travel via Gatwick, your trip could include another small highlight. A 10-minute walk from Victoria Station (where the Gatwick Express leaves), you can find the famous Peggy Porschen café. The German pastry chef rose to fame when stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney started ordering their cakes and biscuits there. The pink corner café on Elizabeth Street is almost always completely booked out and walk-in customers have to queue for a good while. But on Sundays, the café opens at eight in the morning and is usually empty for a couple of hours except for a few locals. Take a seat in a rose-coloured dream and enjoy a piece of cake and a cup of coffee before hopping on the train with a sugar rush.

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Elizabeth Street The café Peggy Porschen is located on Elizabeth Street – if you have a couple more hours you should definitely take this into consideration. The connecting street between Eaton Square and the traffic-regulated area around Buckingham Palace Road offers an almost rural selection of shops, restaurants and cafés. While Peggy Porschen and Dominique Ansel are famous for their sweet creations, Catherine Muller offers stunning floral arrangements. Budding brides can head to Jenny Packham for beautiful jewellery and Philip Treacy for hats.

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There are exhibitions that you want to see, and there are exhibitions that you have to see. »CHRISTIAN DIOR: DESIGNER OF DREAMS« at London's V&A

Museum belongs without a doubt in the second category. The V&A curator for Modern Textiles and Fashion, Oriole Cullen, significantly expanded the original 2017 exhibition at Paris's Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs into one of the largest and most (Instagram)-photogenic exhibitions of all time.

The tour starts with one of the most famous CHRISTIAN DIOR designs – the »Bar« suit from the Corolle collection – in front of a replica façade of the legendary Avenue Montaigne Dior Boutique. Christian Dior's haute couture debut in 1947 was like a hurricane that opened the door to post-war fashion. The age of fabric rationing and gas masks was over – it was time to dream.

ATTE NDEES ARE EN CHANT ED BY MORE THAN 500 D I SP LAYS, I NC LUDING 200 CO U T U R E DR E SS ES AND 157 P I ECES T HAT HAV E NEVER BEF OR E B EEN E XHI BITED IN A MU SEU M. T H ESE I NC LUDE ACCES S ORI ES, FASHI O N PHOT OGRAP HS, P ERF U MES, MAK EUP, I L L US TRATIONS AN D M AGAZI NES FR OM MORE THAN 7 0 Y EAR S O F D I O R .

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New look The importance of Christian Dior's »NEW LOOK« – as his groundbreaking style came to be known – cannot be overstated. In Britain, the Board of Trade was so afraid of Christian Dior's influence on fashion that it called on the editors of fashion magazines to tear the 1947 collection apart. However, post-war women thirsting for new glamour and flair were ready to dream. And so Dior's »NEW LOOK« , with its round shoulders, wide skirts, narrow waists and metres of fabric became the measure of all things.

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»There is no other country in the world, besides my own, whose w ay o f l i f e I l i k e s o m u c h . I l o v e English traditions, English politeness, English architecture. I even love English cooking«

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The V&A exhibition shows »THE DIOR LINE« from 1947 to 1957 with many famous examples, like the debut red dress of Emma Tennant and Princess Margaret's 21st birthday dress. The exhibition places a special emphasis on Christian Dior's close relationship with Great Britain.

Dior Line BARNABÉ SUIT - 1949

After his untimely death in 1957, six successors continued the legacy of Christian Dior. YVES SAINT LAURENT , MARC BOHAN , GIANFRANCO FERRÉ , JOHN GALLIANO , RAF SIMONS and the current designer, MARIA GRAZIA CHIURI , have put their own unique spin on the legacy brand. The exhibition traces these influences and shows Dior's impact on his successors.

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But the exhibition not only presents the individual epochs of the House of Dior, which always reflects changing economic and social conditions. It also dives into Dior's other passions, such as travel, gardens and the ballroom. A special work of art is the ÂťGardenÂŤ Hall. Dior creations embroidered with countless little flowers shine in front of a paper flower installation composed by WANDA BARCELONA consisting of 200 Princess Margaret roses, 5,000

clematis, 1,400 wisterias and 4,000 lilies. The ballroom showcases evening gowns from all seven designers. Displayed in colour-coordinated groups, they reveal that the same creative spirit has inspired and continues to inspire all couturiers. When you arrive at the end of the exhibition, it feels as though you've been transported through a dream. Such is the wonderful, inspiring journey through the magic of Dior.

IF YO U'D L IKE T O GE T A GL IMPSE O F T H E FA IRY TA L E , BRO W SE IN STAGRA M UN DE R T H E #DIORDESIGNEROFDREAMS # VA M U S E U M @ VA M U S E U M

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The exhibition takes visitors through the fashion house's epochs: from designs by Christian Dior himself (red ensemble on the right) to new designs by Chiuri (2017, above).

The exhibition is currently sold out. Please refer to our »Digital Ladies Travel – 1.5 Days in London« feature for tips on how to make the best of your visit. É C A R L AT E - 1 9 5 5

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D E S IG N ER O F DR E AMS U n t i l 1 4 . 0 7. 2 0 1 9 VICT ORIA A N D A LBERT MUSEUM The Sainsbury Gallery Cromwell Rd Knightsbridge London SW7 2RL, UK

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FRIDAY: 10:00 – 22.00

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1897 Arra n ge me n t i n G ray, Po r tra i t o f t h e Ar t i st ( S e l f p o r tra i t ) ( 1 8 7 2 ) , Ja m e s Mc Ne i l l W h i st l e r

In 1897, the American painter JAMES

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founded the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers in London. In 1903, he passed away. For the opening of a WHISTLER-EXHIBITION in 1905 in London, a monument was supposed to be erected in his memory. The artist chosen to make this monument was AUGUSTE RODIN , president of the society since 1903. Rodinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international success had begun around 1900. Critical

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acclaim allowed him to display the daring, racy sculptures that were popular in Paris at the time and to revolutionise the art of sculpting by creating separate pieces of body parts as autonomous pieces of art.

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To simply create an accurate portrait of JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER seemed too simple to Rodin. He wanted to express more than Whistler’s outer appearance — to show his ideas, intuitions and art. He thought of the muse that had inspired Whistler: a graceful, well-formed female model. The model RODIN would use appeared in the shape of young Welsh painter GWENDOLEN MARY JOHN , called GWEN JOHN .

Gwen Gwen was born in the small town of Haverfordwest in the south of Wales in 1876 . When she was eight years old, her family moved to the Welsh coastal town of Tenby. A rugged,

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lonely landscape with steep cliffs and fields for agricultural work imbued the young girl with a love of freedom and nature. She often took her younger brother, Auguste, sketching – they both loved to draw and paint. While their education at home was certainly lacking, Gwen learned how to behave like a lady and even how to speak some French. Both she and Auguste were allowed to study painting at the »SLADE SCHOOL OF ART« in London for three years.

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When she visited Paris as part of her studies in 1898, Gwen met the American painter JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER . With him, she was able to shape her natural talent for colour, shades and paint â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a first exhibition in London immediately followed. Originally planning to travel to Rome with

friend DORELIA MCNEILL , a future wife of her brother Auguste, their trip ended in Toulouse. In 1904 , they both moved to Paris, where Rodin was the sparkling North Star on the dark sky of Parisian artists. Naturally, the focussed and ambitious Gwen sought him out to be a model. She was captured by his warm, human friendliness as the 63-year-old artist admired her young, athletic body. As Gwen fell madly in love, Rodin began to see her as his perfect muse. Both his studio and her small, rented room became the romantic setting of their passionate relationship.

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Tr a n s l a te d f ro m t h e n ove l Die Muse d es Bild ha uers (A sc ulpto r’s muse) by Alexa n d ra Laviz z a ri (p.131, G erma n Ed itio n )

» O my master, there is no man like you walking this earth, you are the beauty o f m y l i f e ! Y o u ta k e c a r e of me and my needs, how gracious of you, but even i f I w e r e s ta r v i n g o r c o l d my soul would be the most content and happy on earth … because I love you, my master, and my love for you is the most beautiful gift you could give me.« *

Whenever she was by herself, Gwen wrote hundreds of short letters to Rodin. She painted less and spent slow hours contemplating her failure alternating with sleepless nights thinking about her »MASTER« . Friends, relatives, her beloved brother and even Rodin himself tried to put an end to her mad love to no avail. He started meeting other women and cut her off, but nothing helped. She sought him out on his way to the train station, spent the nights in his garden in MEUDON , ate little and stopped taking care of herself. Even though his love might have faded, Rodin kept

up a deep friendship with Gwen up until his death in 1917 . They regularly exchanged letters that helped and stabilised her. This trust also made Gwen take up painting again even though she now had to force herself to work with brushes and colour.

» O m e i n M e i s t e r , e s g i b t k e i n e n M a n n w i e S i e a u f d e r We l t , S i e sind die Schönheit meines Lebens! Sie kümmern sich um meine

Bedürfnisse, das ist so gütig von Ihnen, aber wenn ich hungerte oder kalt hätte, wäre meine Seele noch die zufriedenste und glücklichste a u f E r d e n , … we i l i c h S i e l i e b e , m e i n M e i s t e r, a b e r m e i n e L i e b e z u Ihnen ist das Schönste, was Sie mir geben.« SISTER-MAG.COM

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Gwen was also friends with Rodin’s former secretary RAINER MARIA RILKE and wrote to him until he passed away in 1926 . He, too, tried to explain the artist’s changing behaviour (Quelle s.o. p. 183):

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» Not just Rodin, but other artists like Cezanne and va n G o g h h av e c o m p l e t e ly devoted their lives to their art without expecting anything in return. Compromises are not possible in art – if you m a k e t h e m , y o u r a r t p ay s . «

The »MUSE« to honour JAMES MACNEILL WHISTLER would never be finished. In Rodin’s style, the arms are only partly there as the woman is standing on one leg, the other one lifted and splayed out to climb the »MOUNTAIN OF FAME« .

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Her slightly crooked torso has never seen the Thames and the Chelsea Embankment – the Whistler-Muse was such a shock for the society that they gave up the work. She remains in front of the MUSÉE RODIN in Paris. While Rodin was still alive, Gwen’s work found another admirer that would further her art. In 1909 , a New York lawyer had admired her paintings in London that had already been sold. He offered to buy any of her work that she was willing to sell. Twenty paintings and 100 drawings made their way across the pond as Gwen moved into a small apartment in Meudon, still favouring close proximity to RODIN . She did not have to be a model anymore and even managed to buy a small house in later years. Drawing back from social life, she grew strict with herself and turned to Catholicism as she kept

searching for someone to love. When she met her Russian neighbour Vera Oumancoff, Gwen once again fell madly in love without seeing her passion returned. Presents, drawings and letters were left unacknowledged. After a short bout of sickness and a trip to the seaside, GWEN JOHN died at 63 years old in DIEPPE . Her paintings were mostly portraits of beloved people, still lives, self-portraits and cats in small formats. She kept most of her work to herself with no interest in selling.

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I NITIAL LY, »TH E T HI NK ER « WAS SU P P O SED T O BE PA RT OF A L ARGE S C U LP T U R E D EP I CT I N G T H E GAT E S O F H E L L . F OR THAT, AUG U ST E R O D I N F O LLO WED T HE MO T IFS O F THE »D IVINE C O M EDY « BY DANT E ALI G HI ERI. IN CA SE YOU DON’T REM EMB ER YO U R LI T ER AT U R E CL A SSE S, W E S UMMARIS E HO W DAN T E I MAGI NED HELL.

In almost every religion, there is the concept that after their death, human beings either go to heaven or to hell – depending on how good or bad they lead their earthly life. Of course, it’s not possible to prove if either place really exists. However, they’ve been stimulating the imagination of mankind for ages. The Italian philosopher Dante Alighieri, for example, painted a very vivid and still present image of hell in his main work »DIVINE COMEDY« . It took Dante 13

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years, from 1307 to 1320, to finish the book; countless artists from all areas – from literature and music to comics and video games – dealt with its content. The sculptor Auguste Rodin also dedicated a large part of his artistic life to the »DIVINE COMEDY« . His famous »THINKER« was only one of 180 figures his monumental sculpture »THE GATES OF HELL« consisted of. But what did hell in Dante’s »COMMEDIA« actually look like?

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Dante’s »DIVINE COMEDY« is Dante himself, a 35-year-old poet who deviated from the right path in life. On his way to the mountain of virtue, he wandered through a dark forest where wild animals threaten him. To his relief, he encounters the Roman poet VIRGIL . Dante is not confused by the fact that Virgil died more than 1,300 years ago, and it doesn’t bother him either that Virgil suggests taking a detour through hell. So, the two men head to the gates of hell that RODIN would use as inspiration for his sculpture some centuries later.

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e k i l is HellA F UNNEL In Dante’s imagination, hell looked like a huge funnel that formed when the fallen angel LUCIFER dropped to earth with a slam. On the southern hemisphere that was completely covered with water, Lucifer’s impact formed the mountain of purgatory – the place where the

souls who weren’t supposed to go to heaven right away were purified. This is where the second part of the »DIVINE COMEDY« takes place. The third and last section leads Dante to paradise. But first of all, he and Virgil have to survive hell.

er p e de The THE M ORE EVI L The funnel looks like an amphitheatre consisting of ten terraces – the vestibule and the NINE CIRCLES OF HELL . The deeper in the ground they are, the smaller are the circles and the more brutal are the punishments the »residents« have to suffer. In the vestibule, for example, the worthless people stray who are neither

wanted in heaven nor in hell and who are permanently tormented by wasps and hornets. This place is separated from actual hell by the river ACHERON . Since Dante is still alive, he is not allowed to cross the river. Virgil, however, persuades the ferryman CHARON to take them to the other side.

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MinoJ UsDGES The first circle of hell is LIMBO – the section where all souls suffer who sinned without sins. Confusing, right? Heathens and children who died before their baptism are meant here. From the second circle, HELL really starts. At the entrance, the underworldly judge MINOS waits. In Dante’s imagination, he is a demon and sends every new arrival to the appropriate circle of hell. To do so, he wraps his tail around his body; the more turns, the deeper down the sinner has to go. Voluptuous souls, for example, go to the third circle, cheap ones to the fourth. From the seventh circle down, the really bad people can be found: perpetrators of violence, suicide victims, blasphemers, fraudsters, thieves and traitors. All circles are occupied by all kinds of figures from GREEK

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and ROMAN MYTHOLOGY and from HISTORY . For example, Dante and Virgil meet Odysseus who is punished for his betrayal of Troy as well as Francesca da Rimini. She lived at the same time as Dante and was killed by her husband GIOVANNI MALATESTA because she cheated on him with his brother Paolo.

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he et o G EvenWA S I M PRESSED In the ninth and final circle, Dante put the TRAITORS . They are frozen up to their necks in the lake Cocytus and have to suffer in this unfavourable position to all eternity. One scene in the last circle of hell even made a deep impression on JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE . He called Dante’s description of the fate of the nobleman Ugolino della Gherardesca »THE HIGHEST FORM OF POETRY« . Trapped in eternal ice, Ugolino constantly gnaws on the skull of another man: the Archbishop Ruggieri who did a horrible thing to Ugolino when both men were still alive. The churchman imprisoned the nobleman and

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his sons and grandsons in a tower where they starved to death. Before he died, Ugolino ate the bodies of his starved descendants to survive a little longer.

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n ow d ClimTbHing E F UR Not far away from the creepy scenario with Ugolino and Ruggieri, Dante and Virgil eventually meet the prince of hell himself: LUCIFER who has three faces and is also trapped in the ice. With every mouth, he chews on a traitor: In the left and the right mouth, there are BRUTUS and CASSIUS , the murderers of Caesar, and in the central mouth, it’s the most famous of all traitors – Judas. In order to escape hell, Dante and Virgil climb down Lucifer’s fur. Delicately enough, his genitalia

are the exact centre of earth; from there, the wanderers from hell ultimately reach the foot of the mountain of purgatory and climb it in the second part of the »DIVINE COMEDY« .

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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is comprised of wellphrased verses from over 700 years ago. In comparison, our language on WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram seems much shorter and simpler. According to linguists, this is both a blessing and a curse.

When we are on social media, we immerse ourselves into a different world. And we speak another, shorter language. This language follows its own rules, which some experts view critically, and others are quite positive about.

Brevity is the soul of wit. That especially applies to messages on WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram and is mainly due to speed. Because in the digital age, in which we are bombarded with a huge amount of information through very different channels, we do not only have to filter out which information we need and which we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need,

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we also have to be fast. So we communicate as much content as possible within an extremely short amount of time. The means endless abbreviations and omissions. Like letter combinations for instance. There are English initialisms such as LOL (laughing out loud), YOLO (you only live once) or TBT (throwback thursday) and German abbreviations such as HDL (hab dich lieb â&#x20AC;&#x201C; love you) or HDGDL (hab dich ganz doll lieb â&#x20AC;&#x201C; love you very much). The chosen language depends on who you are communicating with. You would for instance probably send your mother an HDL rather than a YOLO on WhatsApp.

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Emotions can also be abbreviated on WhatsApp and the like. Instead of explaining in a sentence or a sub-clause how you are feeling, what you wish for or what you are upset about, you simply type one word, add a hashtag or an asterisk in parentheses to put emphasis on the feeling. *Sigh* or #groan can for instance stand for a strenuous activity, *smooch* or #hug can show that the sender wants to send the receiver a kiss. 158

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Language is thus being staged, and its imagery reminds us of speech bubbles in comic books. It is even shorter to use emoticons, a combination of the terms »emotion« and »icon«, which combines an emotion with a symbol. In social media texts or messages, they can be expressed using character combinations. Colons and parentheses, as an example, can be used to form smileys. The possibilities are practically endless :). The Japanese have come up with another style – Kaomoji – with artful creations such as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and the popular emojis. These graphic symbols have stood for emotions since 2011. As in a rebus, whole stories can be told with a series of emojis. Their advantage: because they are pictorial, our eyes can capture them faster within a message.

According to German orthography, numbers up to and including 12 should technically be written out. Technically! Often, however, due to character limitations on social media platforms such as Twitter, they are being written in digits instead of letters. One touch is enough and a »2« instead of a »two« is used in the text. There are nowadays even creative abbreviations using numbers: »l8r« for example stands for »later« or »2nite« for »tonight«.

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duction strategy« in this context(1). »Wanna party?« or simply »Party?« can be the whole content of a message. Friends are being asked about their motivation to go to the gym after a message reading »Gym later?« According to experts, the interaction is more important than the content. Linguist Angelika Storrer describes this pheno-

More and more frequently, articles and pronouns are dropped too. The sentence becomes a fragment, an ellipse. The content can be understood even without these »expletives«, because the most important parts are of course already there. Prof Dr Michael Beißwenger from the University of Duisburg-Essen talks about an »economic pro-

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Typing a full stop means: I am annoyed by the course of this conversation and want to stop talking about this topic now. This manner of using the full stop is neither standard nor intended P R O F. D R . J A N N I S A N D R O U T S O P O U L O S

and of information, this makes it harder for the reader to make sense of the few words still written. Researchers think a full stop at the end of a sentence has a special significance. They assume that using it would not have anything to do with grammar but with the fact that the writer was aggressive or weary of something. »Typing a full stop means: I am annoyed by the course of this conversation and want to stop talking about this topic now. This manner of using the full stop is neither standard nor intended,« explains Prof Dr Jannis Androutsopoulos from the University of Hamburg (4).

menon as an »interaction-oriented attitude of writing« (1). And then there are trending words that, depending on age and social group, creep into our language. They sum up things, units or groups in one single word. Anglicisms are particularly popular. Soon, Sarah, Julia and Anna are no longer a group of friends, but a »squad«. However, such terms are not unusual. In the past, there were trending words such as »clique« to describe a group of friends. Some people minimise their communication even more and eliminate punctuation from their messages altogether. Owing to the fast flow of typing

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Looking at omissions and abbreviations, the question arises: Is this new, shortened language that we use on social media good or bad? Well, linguists are critical towards these abbreviations and substitutions. They say this new language style speaks mostly to young people who are growing up with this type of media and are

using it regularly and frequently, although their own language and confidence in using it has not developed enough yet(2); language is becoming vulgar. Hans Zehetmair, former chairman of the Council for German Orthography, has spoken of a Âťrecycled languageÂŤ in this context (3).

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He also complained: »An SMS lacks emotion and warmth.«(3) It could not convey the same emotion as a conversation. In communication science, a distinction is made between verbal and non-verbal communication in this context. Whereas the verbal component is about mere text, nonverbal communication such as gestures, facial expressions and the voice of the speaker add a non-textual component. Those are absent in a WhatsApp message or a tweet. However, emoticons or emojis can compensate for these non-verbal communication elements. This is why the digital language can be seen as a creative addition to our language. »Because you react spontaneously, you are

sometimes also creative,« says Peter Schlobinski, chairman of the Association for the German Language (4). Experts also think that users of social networks can distinguish between which communication mediums they are acting in and who the receiver is. They then adjust themselves or rather their language accordingly. »When I write something on WhatsApp or Facebook, of course I write differently than in an essay or a letter to the president. This means that we have different registers of language. If a rather casual style is used, then we also use a more informal language in our written communication,« explains Schlobinski(1). So it follows: Brevity can indeed be the soul of linguistic wit!

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EV EN I N T HE 2 1 ST CEN T U RY, T H E RE A RE E XCIT IN G ART I ST I C P O SI T I O N S I N SCU LPT URE T H AT CA RRY T H E INF LU EN CE O F R O D I N , SU CH AS L O N DO N -BO RN E MILY YOU N G ( * 1 9 5 1 ) , WHO WAS O N CE T H E MUSE O F PIN K F L OY D AND I S N O W R EP R ESEN T E D W O RL DW IDE W IT H

She was ranked among the leading living British sculptors by the Financial Times. She currently lives alone in a monastery in the Tuscany where she realizes her bizarre and exciting projects, among them the latest project »WEEPING GUARDIANS« , which includes 12-ton sculptures lowered on the Tuscan seabed, to prevent spreading illegal trawling along the coast. It’s art as a political statement. In this issue of sisterMAG, Emily tells us more about her artistic work and career.

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ABOUT SCU LP T URE

HER WO R KS I N P U B LI C AN D P R IVAT E A RT CO L L E CT IO N S.

Emily Young Dear Emily, tell us a little bit about your career. When did you first encounter art?

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I come from a family of writers and artists. My uncle PETER SCOTT was a wildlife painter and a conservationist. He spent a vast amount of time watching and painting bird life in the wilds. My grandmother was a successful sculptor, who worked with RODIN in Paris in the early 1900s. She worked mainly in bronze, like Rodin.

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What do you associate with Auguste Rodin? Brilliant figurative drawing skills, a fabulously light touch in his modelling, a truthful eye, and a ferocious energy, to tie these skills together and make a new more honest way of representing the human form and achieving a hugely successful career.

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How would you describe your own style? How do you work artistically? After moving from painting to stone carving, in London, in 1980, and having found that stone was seemingly what I needed to make full use of my energy, I then had to find out why that was so, what was actually happening when I addressed a piece of stone. 167

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Thus my invited intervention into something so much more ancient than humans seemed to have a powerful directive, to show how the beauty of each stone in fact shows and carries the full beauty and mystery of the Creation. This practice is now my life, my effort to serve the needs of the planet and the biosphere. I am also aware the stone carvings will endure into the future, and when we are long forgotten, they might be another small record of us. Part of the conversation between humans and the planet, into an utterly unknowable future.

I found the material so hard, so obdurate, so magnificently unimpressed by my feeble efforts to change its form, that I felt that my only way forward was to listen to stone, watch where it led me. Out of that came the idea of being the servant of the stones stillness, its ancientness: the story of its creation was also the story of creation of life on earth, the history of The stone is our ancestor: we are the creation of stones children. We can touch for the planet, the a second deep time, deep space, by solar system, remembering the history of our the galaxy, p l a n e t, o u r t i n y b l u e h o m e . the universe. SISTER-MAG.COM

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So I carve the human head, female torsos, (abstracted), and discs, lunar and solar. The heads are often full of Buddhistic quietness, inviting a thoughtful, contemplative, reflective response from the viewer. To participate for even just a second in an understanding of how recent human life is on Earth, 200,000 years, and how long is the universe, 14.7 billion years, with another 17 billion odd years to go, hopefully brings some humility and awe.

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I imagine these carvings to be the embodiments of a consciousness where we can become true servants of our mother planet, her guardians rather than her despoilers. As though she is a temple, and we are her devotees. For me that would bring meaning to all human life, and honours all who share the planet with us. So, ultimately I want to have

no style as such, just to show that art cannot be seen any longer as a neutral space for ideas and formal imaginings: it can enter into the minds of people and feed the spirit that needs to help our planet, now. Recent art has been largely providing infantile playthings for the rich. That is unconscionable now.

Where and when will your work be exhibited in the near future? Museo del Tartuca, Siena. Tuscany Italy.

May 25th. Open for six weeks. Twenty two recent stone carvings.

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Mid June for six weeks Twelve new bronzes, cast from the stone.

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W H Y R O U T I N E M I G H T J U S T T H E K E Y T O C R E A T I V I T Y

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Why Routine Might Just Be The Key To Creativity

Many people think of routine as a creativity killer. But is that true? Or could a solid routine be the key to creativity? Continuous procedures prevent wasting your thoughts on everyday issues and leave more capacity for creative ideas. Making the case for a structured life.

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As a freelance journalist, it is crucial for me to establish routines and structure my days. At the same time, my profession demands creativity and being able to develop new ideas, pitches, and a different spin on old stories. This led me to the question: how can I successfully unite routine and creativity? It’s not exactly news that a good routine and creative work go hand in glove. Countless scientists have explored this topic, mainly to find the source and secret of creative talents like Albert Einstein or Franz Kafka. The result of all their work: most genius people weren’t only incredibly creative, they also had daily routines. SISTER-MAG.COM

Early bird or late riser? The

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This graph shows several famously creative people and their solid routines. What’s clear is that it doesn’t matter if you get up early, only eat out, or have a nap every day – what matters is the constant upkeep of a routine for a reason!

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Why routine is important for

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The explanation for why routine is key to creativity is pretty simple. Former U.S. president Barack Obama has famously talked about one of his routines of only owning grey and blue suits. He told Vanity Fair in 2012:

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So Barack Obama did not want to pay attention to what he would wear or eat. He minimised the complexity of small decisions to keep the potential of his thoughts for bigger issues. In this case, routines can be helpful to battle the continuous

stream of decisions by limiting choices. People who get up around similar times and stick to a routine during the day will have more time and thoughts for being creative. Surprisingly, routines help to fully take advantage of any creative potential.

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Albert Einstein already knew this The famous Albert Einstein worked as a technical expert for the patent office in Bern while conducting his research, among other things, on the theory of relativity. This might sound strange and not very demanding considering his genius brain. And apparently it was, but the monotonous work also left him time for his scientific work. For, Albert Einstein was convinced that a calm and monotonous life was substantial for intellectual accomplishment. In 1933 he said:

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ÂťWhen I lived in the countryside for a couple of weeks, I realised how s t i m u l at i n g I f o u n d a q u i e t a n d monotonous life to be. Even i n m o d e r n s o c i e t y, t h e r e a r e ta s k s t h at r e q u i r e s o l i t u d e and are not very demanding p h y s i c a l ly o r m e n ta l ly. C o u l d we not employ young people f o r t h e s e ta s k s w h o w a n t t o t h i n k a b o u t m at h e m at i c a l a n d philosophical problems of all kinds?ÂŤ Al b e r t E i nstein

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Just like Einstein, scientist Charles Darwin kept to a daily routine to increase his creativity – he actually had several routines to accommodate in the space of 24 hours.

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After sleeping until 7 a.m., Darwin took a walk, then had breakfast and went to work. He didn’t care for distractions and only opened his correspondence without replying immediately. After working some more, he took his dog for a walk and had lunch before reading

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the paper, replying to the opened letters and taking a nap between 2 and 3 p.m. After another walk, he took care of what he called »bits and bobs«. In the early evening, Darwin indulged in fun tasks like reading, afternoon tea, and backgammon. Before bed, he

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This is also what I do now: I sleep until 9 a.m., read the news for an hour in bed, and answer a couple of emails. Then I take at least one hour for breakfast and sit down at my desk. At 4 p.m., I take a small break for some coffee and a short walk, and then I keep working until 7 p.m. In the evening, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for friends, dinner, and maybe even a glass of wine.

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liked to read science reports and specified literature. Seven hours of sleep per night were then followed by another day with the same routine.

The most important thing might be to revise your routine from time to time to see if it still makes sense. Rigid rules can trap you in a prison far from freedom and creativity.

T h e m o s t i m p o r ta n t t h i n g m i g h t b e t o r e v i s e y o u r routine from time to time to see if it still makes sense

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Women belong in all places where decisions are being made

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»THE NOTORIOUS RBG« - this is

how Ruth Bader Ginsburg is called nowadays lovingly by her admirers. The Supreme Court justice – with her 85 years, distinctive glasses and lace jabot – has turned into the cult figure of liberal America. Her imperturbable fight for women’s and minorities’ rights seems to have spurred the cultural imagination of the USA. In times of #MeToo , her liberal attitude seems more relevant than ever. Whether as superhero, biopic or action figure – her popularity shows unprecedented commercial potential. But how come that a lawyer turns into a worldwide icon? A short biography.

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Femin ist ic o n G lo ria Stein em o n Ruth Ba d er G in sb urg

Fight for gender »The closest thing to a superhero I know«

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was born on March 15, 1933, in Brooklyn, as daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants. She worked her way up from the working-class borough and enrolled at Harvard Law School as one of only nine women in a class of about 500 male students. As a result, she had to suffer from male prejudices against women at the workplace: Although she

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became first in her class, she did not find employment. Her legal career started in 1960 with cases AGAINST GENDER DISCRIMINATION . Ginsburg was no feminist activist in the classical sense: She did not protest for women’s rights on the streets during the 1970s as many of fellow feminists did at the time. As a lawyer, she rather fought for gender equality in court. She conducted

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equality more than 300 cases for the AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES

(ACLU), where she represented women who had been discriminated due to their gender; women, for instance, who had lost their job because they got pregnant. Thereby, she acted very strategic and deliberately chose cases of discrimination against men. Between 1973 and 1976 , she argued six UNION

gender discrimination cases before the Supreme Court, winning five. In real worklife, she also suffered from discrimination: As one of less than 20 law professors in the US, she earned less than her male colleagues. The deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s explanation: She had a husband who could provide for her. When she got pregnant with her son James, she hid her condition.

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Supreme Court Justice since 1993

President JIMMY CARTER nominated her for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In 1993 , Democratic President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Supreme Court: »Having experienced discrimination, she devoted the next 20 years to fighting it, making this country a better place for our wives, our mothers, our sisters and daughters«, he summarised her legal work. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman after Republican SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR and first Jewish woman to become Supreme Court Justice. She became known for her candour and pragmatism. Her sincerity has become legendary, since she called President Trump a faker. Ginsburg fought for the

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right of abortion and samesex marriage. Equal rights for men and women as well as all minorities are her main concerns. About herself, Ginsburg once said that she was not the most liberal judge. But someone who sought compromise.

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2013: »I dissent« Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in 1993 2013 was a turning point in her

public reception: The majority of Supreme Court Justices had declared the laws that protect black voters obsolete. Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained her dissenting opinion with fiery words: »Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.« Her outrage went viral on the Internet; her sincere dissent was celebrated on YouTube & Co. In New York, 24-year-old legal student Shana Knizhnik founded her blog (in reference to rapper Notorious BIG) the »NOTORIOUS RBG« . The blog caught the attention of the national media within its first week of publication.

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RGB: A cultural

icon

RUTH BADER GINSBURG turned

into a pop-cultural icon overnight. Amongst the generation of millennials, the 85-year old Supreme Court Justice was suddenly adored like a popstar. The slogan »NO TRUTH WITHOUT RUTH« nowadays sells on mugs and tote bags. »I DISSENT « and »THE NOTORIOUS RBG« have become popular fashion statements on T-shirts (which Ginsburg confessed of having herself in her wardrobe). Such souvenirs have made Ginsburg THE political icon of a liberal America. RBG is now a worldwide brand a whole generation of young liberals identifies with. The products function to build groups. Whoever wears an RBG T-shirt displays his or her liberal attitude. From a cultural studies point of view, such souvenirs can be compared to religious

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relics which enable its buyers to partake in the myth of RBG. In contemporary popular culture, Ginsburg is stylized as superhero with the help of mythical narratives: In the Hollywood blockbuster DEADPOOL 2 (2018), Deadpool thinks of admitting her in his X-force, i.e. a team of superheroes. In fact, Ginsburg can be purchased as an action figure replete with lace jabot and JUDGE’S GAVEL . Talking of her lace jabot: Her fashion outfits are also cult. Ginsburg usually spruces up her judge’s gown with a jabot, choosing white lace or colourful patterns. When she announced a dissent, she chose her well-known »DISSENT JABOT« made from black velvet and gemstones.

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On December 21, GINSBURG underwent a left-lung lobectomy, which led to a huge wave of sympathy on social media. Today, she is 85 years and does not think of retiring as SUPREME COURT JUDGE . Not least because President Donald Trump would fill her vacancy with a conservative judge. It’s not often that Hollywood makes the life of a still living personality a movie – except they’re already a cultural icon during their lifetime: Thus, RBG now also conquers Hollywood with a biopic. The film biography ON THE BASIS OF SEX by Mimi Leder is a big recommendation and in cinemas now!

»On the Basis of Sex« film tip !

BY MIMI LEDER – AN IMPRESSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF AN IMPRESSIVE WOMAN.

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e l a m g n i d n a t s r e d n U communication patterns & USING THEM

s t r at e g i c a l ly FOR YOUR OWN CAREER

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TAL K ING IS P O WER â&#x20AC;&#x201C; those whose turn it is to talk and who take up the most time for speaking, dominate the meeting and are the ones remembered by their superiors. Women and men often use very different communication strategies in their jobs. While women often wait for a chance to speak in meetings, men often just start talking. Especially if you work in an environment with a rather male-dominated communication culture, making use of certain male communication patterns in a targeted way can push your career immensely. We have compiled 5 STRATEGIES to help you do this.

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Strategy 1 PRESENTING INSTEAD OF HAVING A DIALOGUE Instead of just saying what you want to say, briefly present your topic first! This way, you take up more time for speaking than would actually be necessary and take the opportunity to be remembered by the other participants.

HOW YOU CAN USE THIS STRATEGY FOR YOURSELF You can use this strategy in a meeting by not starting with open questions to a topic that you wish to present, but instead by first calmly explaining and presenting all the facts gathered so far for your project. This way, you take up more time for speaking, inform your colleagues and superiors about your work and can ask your questions afterwards. 193

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Strategy 2 INTERRUPTING SOMEONE INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM FINISH SPEAKING Letting others finish speaking means taking them seriously and meeting them at eyelevel. This is precisely what some colleagues and superiors disregard. Instead, they make use of the reverse effect. Because

those who interrupt others and cut them off show implicitly that they think themselves to be more important, that they do not take the other person seriously and do not think much of the otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s idea.

HOW YOU CAN USE THIS STRATEGY FOR YOURSELF

You should of course not simply adopt this strategy, but see in which situations it can be of use. You can for instance use this strategy when a colleague gets caught up in a topic and does not stop with their monologue. In this situation, interrupting them can be helpful and let the topic go in a new direction. The other people in the meeting will be grateful for certain. SISTER-MAG.COM

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Strategy 3 TALKING AT THE SAME TIME This strategy is a pure power struggle. You want to say something about a topic, but the other person does not stop talking and talks at the same time as you. The implicit message here is clear as well: No one wants to give in and both think their information is more important.

HOW YOU CAN USE THIS STRATEGY FOR YOURSELF

You can use this strategy in two ways: On the one hand, you simply see what happens when you continue speaking as soon as someone tries to interrupt. On the other hand, you can of course interrupt someone yourself and

talk at the same time as them. This strategy also helps you to make yourself heard. However, you should use the second option with caution, try it out and see how your colleagues and superiors react first.

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Strategy 4 WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S THERE TO LAUGH ABOUT? CLEAR, NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION We as women often tend to show an unnecessarily impolite demeanour in the workplace. Especially in meetings or a review involving criticism, our nonverbal, impolite behaviour can be misinterpreted completely. This includes a social smile or a supportive nod. In meetings or a review involving criticism, however, this can be interpreted as approval or even the inability to handle conflicts or, in the

worst-case scenario, as you belittling the situation with your smile. And this is an impression you surely do not want to make. Men often behave completely different in comparison. They smile far less in meetings and do not nod as often. They refrain from social, interpersonal signals and merely refer to the factual and content level of the talk.

HOW YOU CAN USE THIS STRATEGY FOR YOURSELF

Try to stay on the factual level in meetings and discussions at work and get into the habit of looking serious and interested. You can of course keep your friendly manner in other job-related contexts, because this is definitely one of our strengths as women. You should simply learn to use this strength in a targeted way. SISTER-MAG.COM

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Strategy 5

HOW YOU CAN USE

CLEAR, CONTENT-BASED

THIS STRATEGY

ORIENTATION TO ONE’S OWN GOALS

FOR YOURSELF

This strategy can give you an enormous career boost if used correctly. The first, most crucial step is to figure out your career goals. So ask yourself: WHAT

WANT

ACHIEVE? How do I want to

work? Where do I want to be in five years? Which steps do I want to take? What is necessary in order for me to do this? Find your own professional focus. Then you can start to align your projects and additional tasks accordingly. So look for tasks in projects that strategically fit your goals. With this strategy, you step forward little by little and develop a clear profile.

In the business world, men are often accused of being selfish and of only working on their own careers. They, for instance, often choose a project or an additional task according to the benefit it has for their professional life. Others then think of this behaviour as selfish and inconsiderate towards one’s colleagues. But often, there is a completely different reason behind this, which is the clear focus on one’s own goals. And that can be extremely important for one’s own career.

With these 5 STRATEGIES , you can make yourself heard in the workplace and your performance will finally become more visible. Especially if you work in an environment that follows a rather male-dominated communication culture, these strategies will help you achieve your goals. 197

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Tex t So ph i a Sc h i l l i k Il l u st rat i o n s Lu l u l a Na n ta i s e

MY ALARM SOUNDS AT 6 .3 0 A M, IN T E RRUPT IN G MY DRE A MS.

It is completely dark outside. I reluctantly crawl out of bed and squeeze into my workout clothes, put on my running shoes. Then, together with six other women, I slowly start running and breathe in the clear, cold air. I have a sore head; my legs are heavy; my muscles still burn from yesterday. But my mind says »no mercy«. It is 16 December, the second to last day of the women’s boxing camp. The runs in the morning for activating our muscles are the easiest part.

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T i m Yilma z & Ka i Meld er

W o m e n h av e t h e t e c h n i q u e s o f boxing down earlier than men and t h e y a l s o a d va n c e m o r e q u i c k ly

Five weeks ago, in a mad rush, I registered for this camp in Bad Gastein. By chance, I saw the picture of a woman in the Instagram timeline and felt instinctively drawn to her look of steely determination, the thick boxing gloves and the idea to let off some steam. The caption read: »THE FUTURE IS FEMALE« . The next day, I called Tim Yilmaz from the Mariposa boxing club in Munich. »Boxing,« he says, »is a high-quality training for your coordination and your muscles. In other words, the perfect sport. And it is perfect to unwind.« Then he says that it will be intense and that I should bring a lot of sweatabsorbing workout clothes. »But SISTER-MAG.COM

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✗✗ STRENGTH

✗✗ BODY CONTROL

✗✗ ENDURANCE

✗ ✗ C O N F R O N TAT I O N

✗✗ TECHNIQUE

✗✗ ACTION AND REACTION

✗ ✗ TA C T I C

WHAT SHOULD I KNOW? ✗✗ When choosing the training tools, it is i n i t i a l ly n o t i m p o r t a n t f o r you as a beginner why y o u t r a i n a s a b oxe r – whether it is for fitness re a s o n s , t o i m p ro v e y o u r performance or you want t o e n t e r t h e r i n g o n e d a y.

it’s not as bad as it sounds,« he jokes before we hang up. Uncertain, I look at my biceps. I have virtually no muscles. Registration at your own risk. I search the internet and read about the history of boxing. I find a few films and many male idols. I scroll down the Hall of Fame of the last 200 years: Max Schmeling, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, Henry Maske. Do I know any female boxers? I have to think for a moment. I can only think of REGINA HALMICH . Then I see a picture of KATIE TAYLOR . The 32-year-old stands for a new image of women in this profession. Between 2005 and 2015, she won several gold medals at the EUROPEAN AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS and won an OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL 201

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in 2012. A pretty epic moment, because this was also the first year that women’s boxing was included in the Olympic Games. 2012? It’s true. The Amateur Boxing Association of England only lifted its ban on women’s boxing in 1996. A sport dominated by men in a male-dominated society.

And although there have been female fighters in the long history of boxing, from Ancient Greek boxing to the recurrence of fistfighting in 17th century England, women's fights were effectively banned for social reasons. Until, well, almost today.

F I S T TO C H I N »Fist to chin,« says Kai, »remember your guard.« Of course I forgot that, because I am trying to concentrate on keeping the right distance between my feet, distributing my weight evenly on both legs, doing the step sequence correctly and positioning my arms and shoulders right. Boxing stance, leg placement and footwork are the foundation for all technical and tactical action. Then there are SISTER-MAG.COM

the different types of punches and while doing all of that I am also supposed to keep my eyes on my opponent the whole time. The basic principle of boxing is to hit someone without taking a significant hit yourself. There is a defensive technique for basically every punch from your opponent. Parrying, slipping and evasive movements. I put up my guard, duck, do sidesteps, counter and parry with relative success.

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From the outside, it all seems like a choreography that only sometimes follows rehearsed patterns. Because boxing changes with each situation. The distance to your opponent c o n s t a n t l y changes. I have to be flexible to adjust to each new situation. Ok, brain off, autopilot on. I only manage to recall the sequences automatically on day three. Well, almost.

jump around slings and walk through the room dribbling tennis balls. We practice punches again and again, on the sandbag, with punch mitts and in partner exercises.

Our training includes many facets. We test our SENSE OF BALANCE and our EXPLOSIVE FORCE and combine elements of training involving strength and coordination on the one hand and strength and dynamics on the other. Learn the basics. We do squats, push-ups, jumps,

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W H A T I S TH E C A M P A B O U T? ✗✗ getting a solid basic training in boxing ✗✗ acquiring a basic technical and tactical re p e r t o i re ✗ ✗ i n t e r n a l i s i n g c o m p le x motion sequences ✗ ✗ t r a i n i n g o f o n e ’s s t re n g t h , e x p l o s i v e power and endurance ✗✗ training a sense of balance, speed and re s p o n s i v e n e s s

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Wrap our hands. Of course, I do not leave this box camp a champion. But what I start to understand in these four days is the essence of this allencompassing sport. BOXING

»right, right«. On day two, I feel a slight twinge in my right tendon. I am unbelievably tired. All of us learn quickly.

IS ACTION AND REACTION.

Proximity and distance. It shapes the body and the mind. Trains your reflexes and capability to anticipate. I get an understanding of movement patterns that are specific to boxing and of coordinative sequences. And that is not very easy. I constantly put my foot down the wrong way or put the wrong foot in front, mix up the leading and the tipper hand, tilt back. Kai corrects my leg stance, posture, the position of my hands and tells me the rhythm for my jabs: »Left, right, left« or »left, left«

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TH E PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE in boxing comprises

✗ ✗ c o n f ro n t i n g y o u r s e l f ✗ ✗ o v e rc o m i n g y o u r fear ✗✗ training your discipline and s t re n g t h

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Inspiring women in boxing

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C H AMP IO NS A RE M A D E , NOT BORN . « In the award-winning independent film GIRLFIGHT , directed by Karyn Kusama, there is a scene in which Michelle Rodriguez alias Diana Guzman goes into a local boxing club for the first time and says to the trainer Hector: »I wanna be a boxer. For real. I wanna fight.« And he answers: »Well, you can train. But you can’t fight.« »Why not?«, she asks. His initial response: »You just can’t. Girls don’t have the same power as boys.« This scene illustrates well how boxing is or was often reduced to pure muscle power. And how little confidence people have in women when it comes to this sport, which was admittedly quite archaic in its original form. Although it is based upon much more than SISTER-MAG.COM

potency. To be able to box, you need endurance and control of your body, speed, coordination and concentration, tactical calculation and the knowledge of a lot of techniques. But above all, you need a lot of discipline, an iron will and, last but not least, courage. These are all qualities that women can acquire just as much as men. And they should, because they are also useful in real life. Neither sex was born with these qualities. In the film, a banner reads: »Champions are made, not born.« And that is exactly what it is about: You have to fight to win. And learn how to fight. Boxing is good training, both physical and psychological. If you know how it feels to get punched in

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WHAT SHOULD I KNOW?

the nose, you can handle it better. Boxing not only clears your mind, helps you shed a few excess pounds and makes you fit and beautiful, but also inspires resilience, shapes your personality and increases your self-confidence.

✗✗ Boxing training is an allencompassing training w h i c h re q u i re s a l l m o t o r skills and, due to the c o m b a t a s p e c t , e f f e c t i v e ly influences and benefits y o u r p e r s o n a l i t y p ro f i le .

LADIES BOX CAMP The Ladies Box Camp takes place in the Hotel Miramonte

✗ ✗ T h e re a re fe w t y p e s o f s p o r t w h e re yo u r e n t i re o rg a n i s m is utilised during training a s c o m p re h e n s i v e ly a s boxing.

i n B a d G a s t e i n a n d i n t ro d u c e s you to the basics of boxing in a ro u n d f o u r d a y s . NEXT DATE: 17- 21 APRIL

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Text: MARLEN GRUNER

6 0 0muscles They take part in the slightest movements of our body. Whether inner body functions or outer movement – everything depends on muscles. Together with the skeleton, these fibrous organs give our body support and stability. And they contribute to how we look. This will be the focus of the following sections about muscles in art. We looked for and found answers to the question about the meaning of muscles in works of art such as Auguste Rodin’s »THE THINKER« , about what they stand for and how they are created.

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Jean Baud, 1905 »THE THINKER« by Auguste

Rodin. The original bronze sculpture can be found in the Rodin Museum in Paris; a cast was placed on Rodin’s grave in Meudon. This is considered to be Rodin’s most important work, with which he occupied himself for decades. »THE THINKER « is supposed to portray Dante Alighieri, the

creator of The Divine Comedy. However, it was in fact the French boxer JEAN BAUD who posed for the sculpture at the end of the 19th century. His body had countless muscle layers, which can be found again and again as a visual element in paintings as well as in sculptures over the centuries.

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sculpture and painting In sculpture and painting, muscles stand for ENERGY and STRENGTH . They symbolise physical strength and embody HEALTH . And they also bring with them a visual component. You see, muscles donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t simply form an athletic body, they define it and give it an aesthetic expressiveness. To capture this, painters as well as sculptors use the interaction between LIGHT and SHADOW . They literally integrate it into their creative process, which helps muscles stand out more and seem more natural. Light falls on what protrudes. Everything below is in the shadows.

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This way, the artist creates multi-dimensions. Rodin was especially known for paying attention to »THE

CURVATURES

INDENTATIONS

AND THE

and strands

SKIN [...] AND TENSE AND RELAXED MUSCLES «

when choosing his models. This eye for detail and depicting it is an essential and vital part of sculpture and painting.

O F MU S C L E G RO U P S

The basis here is the anatomy of the human body with the different muscle groups and strands. They – and the skeleton – hold the body together and enable it to move. And it is exactly these movements that are fascinating to artists: One important question is whether or not the muscle is tense or relaxed, another is where the muscle is located, because the location and contraction has to be drawn or formed on paper, canvas or within a sculpture. 213

To be able to do this, it is helpful to have basic medical knowledge, although the artist does not necessarily have to know what the muscle’s function is. However, this knowledge helps to understand how the muscle in question acts when in motion. On the other hand, anatomy, or rather ANATOMICAL DRAWINGS , are a field of expertise in medical training. This is how medicine and art meet.

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muscles in art D EP IC T ING

Painting provides a space that can be filled on one- or two-dimensions, where twodimensionality is created through optical illusion. This is exactly what artists take advantage of in order to portray muscles accurately and often surprisingly naturally on paper or canvas. And again, light and shadow come into play.

With structures such as plastic art, sculptures or objects, this intention is much harder, as the three-dimensionality has to be considered during the creative crafting process. What has to be considered here is that the piece of art has to have a »GOOD PROFILE« from all sides, as Rodin once insisted. Muscles have to thus look real from the front, from behind and from the side, which is why artists look at their three-dimensional objects from all perspectives. The trick in moulding or drawing muscles, by the way — next to getting the proportions and the build right — lines. The more lines you draw, the more sinewy and fat free(3) a body seems. They make the body look toned.

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through the course of the centuries M U S CLES I N AR T

Vitruvian man, Leonardo da Vinci

Incidentally,

LEONARDO

DA VINCI already used this

technique in the Renaissance. After the rigidity in the Middle Ages, the people da Vinci drew became beings of flesh and blood due to the many fine lines he added. Around 1490 , da Vinci developed the sketch of the VITRUVIAN MAN , which is still known today. It shows a man with outstretched arms and legs in two superimposed positions. The study became the symbol of a new world view that focussed on humans and their bodies.

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Self Portrait Rembrandt, 1629

About 150 years later, anatomy became a passion project of a young REMBRANDT VAN RIJN . In the 17th century, dissections were a public spectacle; inquisitive people could thus take a look inside the human body. In 1632 , van Rijn gave people a glimpse with a commissioned painting: a group portrait for the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons with impressive colouring, which immediately directs the eye to the muscles shown in the piece of art. In ÂťTHE ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. NICOLAES TULPÂŤ , surgeons dressed in dark clothes are gathered around a corpse whose dissected lower arm catches the eye due to its red and orange shades.

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Anatomy of Dr. Tulp Rembrandt Van Rijn

Later, around the beginning of the 19th century, ERNEST MEISSONIER delved deeper into the study of muscles. He preferred drawing horses and soldiers, including his idol NAPOLEON BONAPARTE . In order to depict the details and anatomy of rider and animal as accurately as possible, he had a riding arena built on

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EVERY

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DETAIL

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. Muscles are therefore far more than an end to the physical means, they are artistic stylistic elements. DIFFERENT

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