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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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How Did Socrates Die?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Hey everyone!
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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