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Albertine Highlands
Albertine may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Albertine'' (Krohg novel), an 1886 novel by Christian Krohg ** ''Albertine i politilægens venteværelse'' (''Albertine at the Police Doctor's Waiting Room''), an 1887 painting by Krohg * ''Albertine'' (Rose novel), a 2002 novel by Jacqueline Rose * ''Albertine'' (album), a 2006 album by Brooke Fraser ** "Albertine" (song), a song from the album * Albertine Simonet, a character in Marcel Proust's novel ''In Search of Lost Time'' People * Albertin di Virga, 15th-century Venetian cartographer * Albertine Necker de Saussure (1766–1841), Swiss writer and educationalist * Albertine Sarrazin (1937–1967), French author * Albertine Zullo (born 1967), professionally known simply as Albertine, Swiss illustrator * Viv Albertine (born 1954), Australian-born British singer and songwriter * Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713–1761) * Albertine, Baroness Staël von Holstein (1797-1838) Other uses * Albertine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine (Krohg Novel)
''Albertine'' is a novel written in 1886 by Norwegian painter and writer Christian Krohg. The novel is set in Norway's capital, Oslo, Christiania, and deals with the life of the unmarried seamstress Albertine, who is eventually forced into prostitution due to the social system of the time. The book was confiscated shortly after its publication. In 1888 the Supreme Court of Norway upheld the confiscation, and Krohg was sentenced to pay a fine of . Krohg also made several paintings based on the "Albertine" motif, including ''Trett'' in 1885 and ''Albertine i politilægens venteværelse'' in 1887. Plot Albertine is a poor seamstress, living in the eastern part of Christiania. She is being seduced by a "Winther", a police officer, who eventually rapes her while she is unconscious. Later she experiences a humiliating visit to the police doctor's office. She finally ends up as a prostitute, operating in the Vika, Oslo, Vika district of the city. Confiscation, trial and reactions Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viv Albertine
Viviane Katrina Louise Albertine (born 1 December 1954) is an Australian-born British musician, singer, songwriter and writer. She is best known as the guitarist for the punk band the Slits from 1977 until 1982, with whom she recorded two studio albums. Prior to joining the Slits, Albertine was a member of the Flowers of Romance. Following the Slits' break-up in 1982, Albertine studied filmmaking and subsequently worked as a freelance director for the BBC and British Film Institute. After a lengthy break from performing and recording music, Albertine released her sole solo studio album, ''The Vermilion Border'', in 2012. Albertine's first autobiography, ''Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys'', was released in 2014 to widespread critical acclaim. A follow-up focusing on her family, ''To Throw Away Unopened'', was released in 2018. Early life Albertine was born in Sydney to an English mother of partial Swiss ancestry and a Corsican father. She was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert (other)
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * Albert (1985 film), ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * Albert (2016 film), ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * Albert (album), ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * Albert (short story), "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (Discworld), Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert (suspiria), Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Library Of Belgium
The Royal Library of Belgium (french: Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, nl, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, abbreviated ''KBR'' and sometimes nicknamed in French or in Dutch) is the national library of Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Dukes of Burgundy. In the second half of the 20th century, a new building was constructed on the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg in central Brussels, near the Central Station. The library owns several collections of historical importance, like Library of the Dukes of Burgundy, and is the depository for all books ever published in Belgium or abroad by Belgian authors. There are four million bound volumes in the Royal Library, including a rare book collection numbering 45,000 works. The library has more than 750,000 prints, drawings and photographs, 150,000 maps and plans, and more than 250,000 objects, from coins to scales to monetary weights. This coin collection holds one of the most valuable coins in the field of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine Wettins
The Albertine branch is a German princely family of the House of Wettin. The name derives from the progenitor of the line, Albert III, Duke of Saxony. The Albertine branch ruled from 1485 to 1918 as dukes, electors and kings in Saxony. History of the Albertine Branch Ernest and Albrecht of Saxony, the two sons of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, initially ruled their paternal inheritance for a long time, with Ernst as the eldest being the elector. In 1485, the two brothers divided their countries (Treaty of Leipzig). Albrecht and his descendants received their own territory with Dresden as the center, which they ruled from now on as the dukes of Saxony. While Frederick III, Elector of Saxony supported the Reformation, George, Duke of Saxony tried to prevent it in his area. It was not until his brother Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, who succeeded Georg as duke, that the Reformation was also introduced in Saxony. Acquisition of the dignity Although Maurice, Elector of Saxony was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine Brothers
The Albertine Brothers are a Catholic congregation of Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, called the Servants of the Poor. They were founded in 1888 by Albert Chmielowski in Kraków, Poland. History Foundations The founder, born Adam Chmielowski (1845-1916), came from an aristocratic Polish family. Orphaned at a young age, he grew up expecting to take responsibility for the family estates and studied agriculture to this end. The young student, however, was a strong Polish nationalist and took part in the January Uprising of 1863, in the course of which he lost a leg. Chmielowski was forced to flee Poland due to the repressive response of the Czarist authorities and moved to Belgium to continue his studies. During that period, he discovered that he had artistic talent, and began to develop that ability. By the time of his return to Poland in 1874, he was an accomplished painter, who became successful in Kraków. When he returned to his homeland, though, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine Rift
The Albertine Rift is the western branch of the East African Rift, covering parts of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. It extends from the northern end of Lake Albert to the southern end of Lake Tanganyika. The geographical term includes the valley and the surrounding mountains. Geology The Albertine Rift and the mountains are the result of tectonic movements that are gradually splitting the Somali Plate away from the rest of the African continent. The mountains surrounding the rift are composed of uplifted Pre-Cambrian basement rocks, overlaid in parts by recent volcanic rocks. Lakes and rivers The northern part of the rift is crossed by two large mountain ranges, the Rwenzori Mountains between Lake Albert and Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake Rutanzige and Lake Kivu. The Virungas form a barrier between the Nile Basin to the north and east and the Congo Basin to the west and south. Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine, Baroness Staël Von Holstein
Hedvig Gustava Albertina, Baroness de Staël-Holstein or simply Albertine (1797–1838), was the daughter of Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein and Madame de Staël, the granddaughter of Jacques Necker and Suzanne Curchod, wife to Victor de Broglie (1785–1870), and mother to Albert, a French monarchist politician, and Louise, a novelist and biographer. Her biological father may have been the author Benjamin Constant Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a French people, Franco-Switzerland, Swiss political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion. A committed repub .... Life Albertina, still very much part of the de Staël circle, shared her grandfather's anglomania, and introduced her husband to the "erudite society that centred around that family." Victor de Broglie ''Souvenirs'' recall their married life and the political storms that surrounded it. Her letters were collected and edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Elisabeth Albertine Of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Duchess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (4 August 1713 – 29 June 1761) was a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She served as regent for her son after the deaths in 1752–1753 of her husband and brother-in-law of, respectively, the ducal appanage of Mirow and of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Biography Elisabeth Albertine was a daughter of Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1681–1724), and his wife, Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach (1683–1742). On 5 February 1735, Elisabeth married Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Mirow (23 February 1707 – 5 June 1752) at Eisfeld, the youngest son of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and half-brother to Adolphus Frederick III. They became the parents of ten children.McDonald, Simon"A British Queen from Mecklenburg" British Embassy, Berlin. Retrieved 9 August 2012. The death of her childless brother-in-law on 11 December 1752, six months after she was widowed, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine Zullo
Albertine Zullo (born 1967), known simply as Albertine, is a Swiss illustrator. She specializes in illustrating children's books, many of which have been published in English. Since 1996, she has taught screen printing at the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD). Zullo was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustrator in 2020. Biography Born on 1 December 1967 in Dardagny in the Swiss Canton of Geneva. She attended the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Geneva, and the Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel de Genève (ESAV), graduating in 1990. She immediately opened a screen printing studio. Starting in 1991, she provided illustrations for various newspapers including '' Le Nouveau Quotidien'', ''L'Hebdo'' and ''Le Temps''. In 1993, she met the writer Germano Zullo. After their marriage in 1996, they collaborated closely, publishing numerous books and receiving several awards. These included the Golden Apple in the Biennial of Illustration in Bratislava (1999) and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine I Politilægens Venteværelse
''Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room'' ( no, Albertine i politilægens venteværelse; completed 1887) is a naturalist painting by the Norwegian artist Christian Krohg, showing the scene in a medical waiting-room. ''Albertine in the Police Doctor's Waiting-Room'' is regarded as Krohg's principal work as a social painter. The painting touched upon the taboo subject of sexual life, and led to a heated debate among his contemporaries. The format of the painting is unusually large, the figures in it being portrayed at full scale. The painting is held in the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, formerly the National Gallery, in Oslo. The painting The painting depicts a scene in a police doctor's waiting-room. "Albertine" is the next person who will enter the examination room. She is dressed in a simple costume, in contrast to the other women in the room, who are dolled up in colorful dresses, typical of the prostitutes of the period. Ownership history The pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertine Sarrazin
Albertine Sarrazin (17 September 1937 – 10 July 1967) was a French author. She was best known for her semi-autobiographical novel ''L'Astragale''. Life and career Albertine was born on 17 September 1937 in Algiers, French North Africa. Her teenaged Spanish mother abandoned her and left her with the Welfare Office, where officials named her Albertine Damien in honour of the saint of the day she was found on. At the age of 2 she was adopted by a French army physician and his wife who renamed her Anne-Marie. Following the family's move to Aix-en-Provence in 1947, she was raped by a male relative. Constant quarrels with her adoptive family led to an intense distaste for authority that stayed with her the rest of her life. Although she was intelligent and did well in her studies, Albertine's family set to annul her adoption and in 1952 placed her in a reformatory school in Marseille, the Refuge of the Good Shepherd. She passed an examination to graduate from secondary school at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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