Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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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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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
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How the South Became Republican
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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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
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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What Is Capoeira?
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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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...
8 months ago
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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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...
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“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...
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
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You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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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
What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
a year ago
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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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
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Arguing with the Dead
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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