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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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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...
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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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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