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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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11 months ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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a month ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
a week ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
a week ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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3 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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a month ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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a year ago
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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8 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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3 months ago
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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a week ago
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
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