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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Dreams of Space -...
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https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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In Defence of Boring Books
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Flashbak
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Res Obscura
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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over a year ago
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Dr Alun Withey
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
6 days ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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History Today Feed
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
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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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...
Flashbak
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
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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