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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Early Christian Poetry
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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What Is Populism?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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African History...
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“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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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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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...
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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...
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Wrong Side of...
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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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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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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