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Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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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...
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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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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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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How Iran Won the West
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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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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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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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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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