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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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Cosmodrome (1987)
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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A History of the United States Senate
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Overcoming Bias
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Start to Infinity (1978)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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The Tears of Strangers are only water
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
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Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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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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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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The Cyclops
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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2x2 geopolitics
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Wars and ideology simplified
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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What Is the Ides of March?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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