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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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Blast Off (1973)
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Rituals and Religion
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Belief in the Ancient World
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Classical Wisdom
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TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
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But right back where we started from.
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
Classical Wisdom
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Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
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TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
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7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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2 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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10 months ago
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...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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