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https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
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One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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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!
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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A Clash Of Symbols
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They are quite serious, actually.
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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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...
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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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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Overcoming Bias
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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A Strange Defeat.
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Plato On Knowledge
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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The Year's Midnight.
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Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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