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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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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,...
4 months ago
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...
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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The First Philosopher?
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And the Boundless Universe
TheCollector
What Was Operation Downfall?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
2 months ago
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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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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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Global Inequality...
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Global Inequality...
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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weird medieval guys
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Trying to Understand...
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
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Should you meet your heroes?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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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...
8 months ago
“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‘...
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
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a revolution with a contested legacy.
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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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...
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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What Was Négritude?
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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