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How Mexico Fought Franco
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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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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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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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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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Patterns in Humanity
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Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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What is Plagiarism?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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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...
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Classical Wisdom
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The Julio-Claudians
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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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...
12 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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