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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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a year ago
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Dreams of Space -...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Belief in the Ancient World
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
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A Week Off And A New Language
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a year ago
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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And don't say a word about Europe.
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Why did clothing become boring?
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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It's about having small expectations.
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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What Is Theodicy?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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When Was D-Day?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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