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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
4 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
a year ago
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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7 months ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 weeks ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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a month ago
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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4 months ago
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.
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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a year ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Black Death Change the English Language?
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Texas
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a week ago
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
3 weeks ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
9 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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a year ago
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
a year ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
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.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
5 Ukrainian Virtual Museums to Visit From the Comfort of Your Home
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TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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a year ago
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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a month ago
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
6 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
9 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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12 months ago
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
a year ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
12 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Are You a Fan of Gothic Literature? 5 Most Iconic Locations in the UK
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3 days ago
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
6 months ago
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
2 months ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
8 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
World Monuments Fund Lists Moon as Endangered Heritage Site
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2 days ago
TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Rigoberta Menchú: Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Guatemala
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4 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
5 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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3 months ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
a year ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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a year ago
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