TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
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TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
a year ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a week ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
7 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
4 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
6 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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TheCollector
Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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TheCollector
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
7 months ago
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
2 weeks ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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TheCollector
What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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What Was Organization Todt?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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