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Automat (other)
An automat is a type of restaurant. Automat may also refer to: * ''Automat'' (Romano Musumarra and Claudio Gizzi album), 1978 * ''Automat'' (Metz album), 2019 * ''Automat'' (painting), a 1927 painting by Edward Hopper * Automat Pictures, an entertainment production company based in Los Angeles * ''The Automat'', a 2021 documentary on Horn & Hardart automats See also * Automata (other) * Automatic (other) Automatic may refer to: Music Bands * Automatic (band), Australian rock band * Automatic (American band), American rock band * The Automatic, a Welsh alternative rock band Albums * ''Automatic'' (Jack Bruce album), a 1983 electronic roc ... * Automaton (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automat
An automat is a fast food restaurant where simple foods and drinks are served by vending machines. The world's first automat, Quisisana, opened in Berlin, Germany in 1895. By country Germany The first automat in the world was the Quisisana automat, which opened in 1895 in Berlin, Germany. A similar restaurant existed in Breslau in 1904. Japan In Japan, in addition to regular vending machines which sell prepared food, many restaurants also use food ticket machines ( ja, 食券機, shokkenki), where one purchases a meal ticket from a vending machine, then presents the ticket to a server, who then prepares and serves the meal. Conveyor belt sushi restaurants are also popular. Netherlands Automats ( nl, automatiek) provide a variety of typical Dutch fried fast food, such as frikandellen and croquettes, but also hamburgers and sandwiches from vending machines that are back-loaded from a kitchen. FEBO is the best-known chain of Dutch automats. Some outlets are ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automat (Romano Musumarra And Claudio Gizzi Album)
''Automat'' is an album of instrumental electronic music composed by the Italian musicians Romano Musumarra and Claudio Gizzi. It was produced in 1977 and released in 1978 by EMI Italy, through its Harvest label. All the sounds in this album were generated by the MCS70, a monophonic analog synthesizer designed, built and programmed by the Italian engineer Mario Maggi. ''Automat'' was Musumarra's initiative – after learning about the new instrument, he proposed to EMI Italy that he produce an album of electronic instrumental music. Although at the time such a project was considered risky, the answer was positive. EMI suggested, however, that Claudio Gizzi, a more experienced composer that already worked with them, also participate in the project. The composition work was divided: Gizzi contributed to side A, who filled it with a long suite with 3 movements, and Musumarra contributed to side B, who composed three shorter pieces. They had very little time to complete the project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automat (painting)
''Automat'' is a 1927 painting by the American realist painter Edward Hopper. The painting was first displayed on Valentine's Day 1927 at the opening of Hopper's second solo show, at the Rehn Galleries in New York City. By April it had been sold for $1,200 ($ in dollars ). The painting is today owned by the Des Moines Art Center in Iowa. The woman The painting portrays a lone woman staring into a cup of coffee in an automat at night. The reflection of identical rows of light fixtures stretches out through the night-blackened window. Hopper's wife, Jo, served as the model for the woman. However, Hopper altered her face to make her younger (Jo was 44 in 1927). He also altered her figure; Jo was a curvy, full-figured woman, while one critic has described the woman in the painting as boyish' (that is, flat-chested)".Carol Troyen, ''The Sacredness of Everyday Fact': Hopper’s Pictures of the City''. In Carol Troyen, Judith Barter, Janet Comey, Elliot Bostwick Davis and Ellen Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
