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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
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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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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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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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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Why Read Modern Books?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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How to Save Democracy
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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What is Plagiarism?
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How French Was Medieval England?
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How French Was Medieval England?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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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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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Dr Alun Withey
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Can Any Good Come From War?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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