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The Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in the world. Painted in the 16th century by Leonardo da Vinci, it has an amazing history. Her smile has left a lasting impression on lovers of art and beauty throughout the ages. The Mona Lisa draws thousands of visitors a year to her home […]
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are some of his most famous and recognizable works, but many people don’t realize they belong to a sizable series of paintings. From 1887 to 1889, Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) created 11 still-life paintings of sunflowers after encountering the flower on Japanese woodblock prints. Van Gogh first painted […]
The National Socialist movement acquired an air of respectability through their collaboration with the established elites of right-wing politics. This was a situation of give and take. If the right-wing Establishment was to work with the Nazis, they had to be reassured that the National Socialists harbored no “class-war tendencies” (Noakes and Pridham, 1983). […]
Belly dancing, often hailed as one of humanity’s oldest movement techniques, is a curious blend of tradition and mystery. Its roots stretch across continents and millennia, tracing whispers of fertility rites meant to prepare a pregnant woman’s body for labor, gypsy migrations through India, and even connections to Alexander the Great’s legendary bashes. But […]
The start of Viking raids in England, and the start of the Viking Age more generally, is usually dated to 793 CE when the Vikings sacked the holy island of Lindisfarne. This initiated centuries of raiding, followed by invading, with Vikings claiming English territory and creating areas of “Danelaw.” But what happened at the […]
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers are some of his most famous and recognizable works, but many people don’t realize they belong to a sizable series of paintings. From 1887 to 1889, Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) created 11 still-life paintings of sunflowers after encountering the flower on Japanese woodblock prints. Van Gogh first painted […]
After Hiroshima: The US Occupation of Japan JamesHoare Thu, 08/21/2025 - 09:10
The Mona Lisa is probably the most famous painting in the world. Painted in the 16th century by Leonardo da Vinci, it has an amazing history. Her smile has left a lasting impression on lovers of art and beauty throughout the ages. The Mona Lisa draws thousands of visitors a year to her home […]
“A lot of my images are from Grand Central station for a project I did,” says reader Bill Antin. “I literally lived in the station for a year taking these images. It was my senior year photo thesis at the school of Visual Art in NYC. I spent many days and nights all over … Continue reading "A Year Living In Grand Central Station: A Photographer’s Pictures From 1978" The post A Year Living In Grand Central Station: A Photographer’s Pictures From 1978 appeared first on Flashbak.
The National Socialist movement acquired an air of respectability through their collaboration with the established elites of right-wing politics. This was a situation of give and take. If the right-wing Establishment was to work with the Nazis, they had to be reassured that the National Socialists harbored no “class-war tendencies” (Noakes and Pridham, 1983). […]
