From Luther to Twitter. Media and the Public Sphere
An exhibition by the Deutsche Historische Museum from 10 September 2020 to 11 April 2021
From Luther to Twitter. Media and the Public Sphere
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Clay drum
Salzmünde Culture, 3375–3075 BC © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Saxony-Anhalt, Juraj Lipták
Portrait of Luther
pasted into the first edition of Martin Luther’s translation of the Old Testament Etching according to a drawing by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), 1579 © Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Bibel-S. 4° 197:1 (1)
The Jackass Pope
Martin Luther (1483–1546), Lucas Cranach (1472–1553) / Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder © Deutsches Historisches Museum/S. Ahlers
The Zeitgeist
Johann Michael Voltz (1784–1858) Nuremberg 1819, Etching, coloured (Reproduction) © Deutsches Historisches Museum/I. Desnica
The Anti-Zeitgeist
Johann Michael Voltz (1784–1858) Nuremberg 1819, Etching, coloured (Reproduction)
Deutsche Tribüne
München, 17. Juli 1831 (Reproduktion) Johann Georg August Wirth (1798–1848), © Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München For a high-resolution file, please contact information@bsb-muenchen.de.
Reading Cabinet
Heinrich Lukas Arnold (1815–1854) Dresden, around 1840, Oil on canvas © Deutsches Historisches Museum/A. Psille
The Emancipated Woman
Johann Baptiste Reiter (1813–1890) probably Austria, around 1847 © Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz
Prometheus Bound
Lorenz Clasen, 1843 © Deutsches Historisches Museum/s. Ahlers
Selling the Truth Johann Nepomuk Höfel (1786–1864) Vienna, 1848 (Reproduction) © akg-images For a high-resolution file, please contact press@dhm.de
Johann Nepomuk Höfel (1786–1864) Vienna, 1848 (Reproduction) © akg-images For a high-resolution file, please contact press@dhm.de
The Newspaper Politician
Leipzig, 1849 Lithograph (Reproduction) © Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Leipzig
Beginnings of radio transmission
Listening to radio while motorcycle driving, 1928 Original photo in the ullstein bild archive © ullstein bild
Zeitbilder. Illustrated supplement to the Vossische Zeitung
Berlin, 19 November 1933 © Deutsches Historisches Museum/I.Desnica
Telefunken mushroom loudspeaker
Installed for test purposes at the Berlin Schloss Bridge at the Zeughaus (now Deutsches Historisches Museum), around 1935/36 © SDTB/Historisches Archiv This motif is not part of the exhibition.
Arrest of social-democratic radio functionaries
Oranienburg, 1 August 1933 Photo reproduction © Deutsches Historisches Museum
Volksempfänger VE 301 w
1936 © Deutsches Historisches Museum/A. Psille
Political posters calling for a boycott of the census
Federal Republic of Germany, 1987 © Deutsches Historisches Museum/Scan TU Berlin
[Translate to English:] Smartphone StacksSmartphone Stacks
Florian Mehnert (b. 1970) 2020 © Courtesy of Florian Mehnert
NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site
Mastic Beach, New York, United States, 2015 Trevor Paglen (geb. 1974) © Courtesy of the Artist and Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco
Fatma Iktasari and Shabnam Kazimi dressed as men during a World Cup qualifying match in 2012
Teheran, 2012 © Courtesy of Mehdi Mousavi
Eye Contact
Ge Yulu (geb. 1990) China, 2016 Single channel video, 2h:14m:52s © Ge Yulu; Courtesy Beijing Commune and the Artist
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“
In the exhibition „From Luther to Twitter. Media and The Public Sphere“ © DHM/David von Becker
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