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Premium Packs

Expand your built-in collections

About premium packs

Premium packs expand the collections already included in the app. The additional entries merge seamlessly into your existing collection and are marked with ✨.

Painters & Sculptors XL

212 painters and sculptors. Six continents. 2,500 years.

Art history is a story of people, all over the world. At the heart of this premium collection are the artists themselves, not individual works.

  • Greek Classicism, Chinese ink painting, Persian miniatures
  • Renaissance, Baroque, Japanese woodblock prints
  • Impressionism and Expressionism, Classical Modernism
  • Surrealism, Pop Art, Conceptual and text-based art
  • Every entry with a short note and a Wikipedia source
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Hieronymus Bosch · Artemisia Gentileschi · Katsushika Hokusai · Berthe Morisot · Frida Kahlo · and 207 more
Merges into your Painters & Sculptors collection ✨
€1.99

Buildings XL

150 landmarks. Five continents. 4,700 years.

In their buildings, epochs leave their most visible traces. At the heart of this premium collection are the buildings themselves.

  • Egyptian pyramids, Greek temples, Roman aqueducts
  • Gothic cathedrals, Persian mosques, Southeast Asian temples
  • Maya pyramids, Renaissance palaces, Japanese castles
  • Modern skyscrapers and museum buildings of today
  • Every entry with a short note and a Wikipedia source
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Pyramid of Djoser · Borobudur · Topkapı Palace · Neuschwanstein Castle · Beijing Olympic Stadium · and 145 more
Merges into your Buildings collection ✨
€1.99

Science & Technology XL

157 researchers. Seven disciplines. 4,700 years.

The most significant impulses and inventions came from all over the world. At the heart of this premium collection are the researchers themselves, not individual discoveries.

  • Ancient Greece, the Islamic Golden Age, Indian mathematics
  • Renaissance and Enlightenment: physics, astronomy, chemistry
  • 19th and 20th century: medicine, biology, technology
  • Every entry with a short note and a Wikipedia source
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Avicenna · Charles Babbage · Florence Nightingale · Niels Bohr · Tu Youyou · and 152 more
Merges into your Science & Technology collection ✨
€1.99

Missing a topic?

I'd love to hear your suggestions. Tell me what you're curious about, and the next pack might be exactly that.

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A personal selection

These collections are assembled by me. I do my best to offer a good overview, but every selection remains subjective and can never be complete. Even a premium pack sets priorities. I try to keep as many eras alive as possible, even though more names tend to be recorded from recent centuries. Every entry is a short introduction and a starting point. The Wikipedia link takes you further.

How to get a pack

Directly in Parallel, in the Collections tab. Tap the pack you're interested in. The new entries will appear automatically in your existing collection.