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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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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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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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TheCollector
What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
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!
Clyne,...
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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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...
a month ago
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...
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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a year ago
TheCollector
Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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9 months ago
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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9 months ago
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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6 months ago
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
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