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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Tjaart’s Substack
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
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France Saves Europe.
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Does Free Will Exist?
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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6 Must-See English Castles
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Does Marcus Matter?
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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What Is the Didache?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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