Art-research about cultural diversity in Europe “Genogram “
In the 20th cent. interest in family history has become widespread. Tracing family history is a popular activity, as a recognition of the importance of family at all social levels.
To the mind of Rick Evin (writer and enthusiast of genealogy research) -
“In a time of rapidly expanding internet use and the advent of Google as a verb meaning to search,
it's often thought: what could not possibly be found on the internet? The internet is a terrific means of rapidly searching through many places at once, allowing us to search databases for public records or look through millions of genealogy resources online in a matter of minutes.
However, while the internet makes our search for information easy and efficient, it is critical to remember that the resources available on the internet—while there may be a lot—are not all that there is to be found
Unfortunately, this is a myth.
Not every record is on the internet, since such records must have been transcribed into an electric form and hosted on a website.”
Follow electronic mythology – we did deep Google-dive to one European family history.
This saga inspire us to art -project,named “Genogram “
Buryan,Burjan,Burian,Burgyan
There is a theory that all/most of this names could be traced to St. Buryan,
a Celtic missionary from the 5th century. During the Scilly Isle wars (932
AD), Cornish Buryans collaborated with the English king and were rewarded
with baronial arms. This entailed the obligation to defend the English king
when called upon. At the Battle of Hastings (1066 AD) they lost their
Cornish lands to the Normans, were taken prisoners of war and exiled to
Northern France. These Buryans travelled down the Danube and were feared as
'raub ritters.' As they travelled, forgetting English and acquiring German,
Hungarian and Czech, Buryans became Burians, Burjans and Burgyans. First
name mentioned in Hungarian documents was Johannes Burian in 1411. Burians
were nobled in 1601 by Rudolph I of Austria. Hungarian Burgyans were nobled
in 1694 and Burians in 1725.
Oleg”s Buryan family belong to much eastern branch of this tree and come from Western Ukraine(Austria-Hungary before)
In a nutshell - we give a short story of each family:
www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/buriana.html – about St.Buryana
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ponte_Buriano.jpg -This is an old bridge that was build in 1277 . This bridge is situated near Arezzo (a small town near Florence - Tuscany-Italy) ; Ponte Buriano is famous because Leonardo da Vinci painted this in Monalisa background
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_Burjan -October 4, 1919, Hildegard Burjan founded the congregation of sisters named Caritas Socialis. The order cares especially for women and children in difficult conditions and also for the elderly and terminally ill people, also playing a pioneer role in the hospice movement in Austria. In July 6, 2007, she was declared a Venerable.
www.firstworldwar.com/bio/burian.htm
- Count Istvan Burian von Rajecz (1851-1922) served as Austria-Hungary's Foreign Minister twice during World War One.Autor of the first anty-american letter in European political history.
picardp1.ivry.cnrs.fr/Burian-Gayon.html
-Richard M.Burian,autor of book “History of French genetic”
openlibrary.org/b/OL5603535M/plastic-surgery-atlas.
- Czech scientistFrantishek Burian ,autor of “Plastic surgery atlas”
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Burian -
known austrian antyfashist.Killed at 1944 by nazists.
openlibrary.org/b/OL7849916M/Burian-von-Noorden%27s-Binocular-vision---andocular-motility
-H.M. Burian,german scientist,autor of “ Theory and Management of Strabismus”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlasta_Burian
-Vlasta Burian,famous Czech comedian actor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Burian-
Zdenek Burian .He is known as a painter whose work played a central role in the development of palaeontological reconstructions during a remarkable career spanning five decades .
typophile.com/node/20645?
Veronika Burian – international type-designer.
www.karelburian.cz/english/index.php
-Karel Burian.He was one of the greatest singers of his time, a true-hearted hero both on stage and in life. He sang at the Royal Opera in Dresden, at the Grand Opera in Paris, at the Covent Garden and the Metropolitan.
www.cnaa.md/person/3078/
-professor of Moldova State University(International law).
www.nato.int/pfp/sk/cv_amb_en.htm
Slovac Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of Mission at NATO.
www.peterburian.co.uk/
-Alexander Burian ,english light designer
dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/10535552
Emil Frantishek Burian-was a Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, dramatic adviser, playwright and director .
aleph.vkol.cz/F?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000292659&con_lng=eng&local_base=svk01
Jan Burian known Czech historian. Autor several books about Etruscans.
www.janburian.cz/
Jan Burian - Czech journalist ,songmaker,TV star.
www.robertburian.com/01_news.php
-Robert Burian -HugarianTrans musican
www.michaelburian.com/biography.php?sel_lang=en
Michael Burian,Czech DJ,composer and producer.
Our idea for ECF grant project is to complete the research of all inputs with social and cultural relevance for Europe originated from this group of families, to make a public-free data base concentrating all documents and related materials (video documentations) with proposal to make a interactive installation which will show all,.what was done by Burians in European history,science and art and offer the original view on social and cultural diversity of Europe.
(By the way – Oleg”s children- are British and live just few miles from St.Burian www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50631
or – St.Buryan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Buryan )
genforum.genealogy.com/burian/
-Family forum
Martin Svehlik art-historian,curator
mishpaha@tiscali.it