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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
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Summary Of Changes
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
a year ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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a month ago
Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
3 weeks ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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11 months ago
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
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TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
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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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
TheCollector
10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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