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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Patterns in Humanity
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Andrew of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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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 Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Trying to Understand...
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Global power has always been distributed.
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Marcus Garvey: A Leader in the Pan-Africanist Movement
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
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Urbanism in the forest region.
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
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France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
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 Is the Gettier Problem?
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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...
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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...
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Global Inequality...
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Digitization Reveals Cathedral’s Hidden Medieval Wall Paintings
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
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“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Ronald Knox’s Radio Revolution
Ronald Knox’s Radio Revolution
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Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:17
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Ronald Knox’s Radio Revolution
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Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:17
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
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“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
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