Burckhardt
Americannoun
noun
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The Renaissance, Jacob Burckhardt once wrote, was a golden age for bastards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Katz had met Denby through the filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Taylor, Denby and O’Hara all appear in Katz’s portraits; likewise the poets Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman and Ted Berrigan; the filmmaker and photographer Rudy Burckhardt; and the dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Their building was once owned by the painter Larry Rivers, who was a friend of Burckhardt’s parents, the Swiss American photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt and the painter Yvonne Jacquette.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2019
"You are my prisoner, Major Burckhardt," said Burnet in English.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Herbert Strang
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