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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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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...
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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