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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
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Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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...
a year ago
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...
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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