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TheCollector
Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure undefined
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s) This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails.   A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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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...
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“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...
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903) journal of African cities chapter 9
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TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea undefined
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What is Appalachian Culture? undefined
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome undefined
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For? undefined
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn JamesHoare Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks undefined
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective? undefined
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard JamesHoare Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream. But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties undefined
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles undefined
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The Machine Stops. And fiddling won't fix it.
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories) undefined
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach) undefined
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe? undefined
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock? undefined
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’  – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius ... and the Fall of the Republic
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View Keeping Blinded Veterans in View JamesHoare Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung? undefined
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know undefined
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death undefined
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands undefined
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967 “In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club     Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo undefined
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida undefined
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954) Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada undefined
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism? undefined
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Inventing Cyrillic Inventing Cyrillic JamesHoare Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic? undefined
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview undefined
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Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid Rome's Greatest Epic
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary undefined
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period. Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit!  A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic undefined
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak. It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires undefined
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism undefined
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War undefined
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection undefined
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America undefined
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity! undefined
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review ‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review JamesHoare Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial undefined
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen undefined
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History? Kashmir: Prisoner of History? JamesHoare Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts? undefined
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy The Nemi Ships
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self undefined
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works undefined
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Weekend Roundup Olympics Special
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime? An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian? Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii undefined
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Weekend Roundup Monsters and Myths
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962) Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week. Here is a straight history book of an current...
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week. Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word. Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson undefined
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come? All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
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Classics Friday Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four JamesHoare Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great? undefined
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia? undefined
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom. government in central Africa.
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco undefined
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For? undefined
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II? undefined
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius undefined
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour Ronald Reagan’s European Tour JamesHoare Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building undefined
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Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut undefined
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn. In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968) The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s undefined
a year ago
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones undefined
5 months ago
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23 The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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What Was Organization Todt? undefined
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening undefined
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Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference? undefined
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960) Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo? undefined
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy undefined
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art undefined
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History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend Death of a Samurai Legend JamesHoare Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History *my article for ROAPE journal
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Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England.   “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976) Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs.   Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance undefined
6 months ago
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta undefined
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TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023 Most of them are not from 2023
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles  —  but Dennis, an...
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses undefined
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections undefined
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age undefined
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit undefined
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793 undefined
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas undefined
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts undefined
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President undefined
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible? undefined
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art undefined
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island JamesHoare Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora Saint or Sinner?
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TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican? undefined
8 months ago
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What Was Jim Crow? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley undefined
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims undefined
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal? undefined
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical? undefined
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t) undefined
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving? undefined
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy undefined
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath) undefined
7 months ago
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China undefined
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I On cartography as historical argument
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest undefined
2 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7 Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World undefined
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When Did World War II Start and End? undefined
a year ago
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave undefined
6 months ago
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review ‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review JamesHoare Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949 In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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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...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines undefined
4 months ago
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England? undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review ‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review JamesHoare Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution? undefined
10 months ago
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations undefined
a year ago
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect undefined
6 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird? Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain undefined
4 months ago
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant? undefined
8 months ago
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe? undefined
a year ago
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Who Was George Eliot? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon undefined
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947) Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973) This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off! Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know undefined
a year ago
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke undefined
a year ago
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons undefined
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents undefined
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the... On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution undefined
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History undefined
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah JamesHoare Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire? undefined
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy undefined
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City undefined
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TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg undefined
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone) undefined
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What Is the Gettier Problem? undefined
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism? undefined
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation undefined
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age undefined
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How Did Romania Become a Country? undefined
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis undefined
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It? undefined
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades “For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination      Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy? undefined
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England undefined
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention. Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance? undefined
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj undefined
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings undefined
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What Is First Corinthians About? undefined
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die? undefined
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi... The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling undefined
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique undefined
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan undefined
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Will it Bend or Will it Break? The international system, that is.
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today undefined
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime undefined
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History undefined
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator? undefined
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction undefined
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects? undefined
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero undefined
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist undefined
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled) undefined
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions? undefined
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963) After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age.  Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age.  Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs Factoids From the Ancient World
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies? undefined
6 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook. Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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How Did Belgium Become a Country? undefined
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism? undefined
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say undefined
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass undefined
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence undefined
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione? undefined
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross! A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
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A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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Who Were the Pilgrims? undefined
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What Is Transcendentalism? undefined
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man undefined
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy? undefined
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament undefined
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty undefined
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Classical Wisdom
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies? undefined
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists undefined
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March. Summary Of Changes Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom. 100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh “The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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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‘...
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review ‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review JamesHoare Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Mothers of the Ancient World
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
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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
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video) undefined
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings undefined
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids? undefined
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation? undefined
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting undefined
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962) A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint.  I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint.  I blogged about this book in 2012 here: https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages. Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America undefined
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson undefined
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems undefined
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019 Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
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Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work? undefined
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France undefined
a year ago
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles? undefined
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr? undefined
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers undefined
a year ago
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism undefined
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History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review ‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review JamesHoare Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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