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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
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Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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The Electoral College Explained
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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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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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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What Are Conlangs?
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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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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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Prometheus and AI?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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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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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Why I love etymologies
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Summary of changes for December
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Summary of changes for November
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Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
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One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Socrates and the Soul
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Working offgrid efficiently
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For the first 3 years we tested the...
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Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Artemisia of Caria
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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The Threat of Back to Normal
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Global power has always been distributed.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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