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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met undefined
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name     We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection? We can't get there from here, anymore.
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood ...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends undefined
a year ago
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn? undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials JamesHoare Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening undefined
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) “I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch   Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled. It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor undefined
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition undefined
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered undefined
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World undefined
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests? undefined
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist? undefined
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas? undefined
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TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction undefined
a year ago
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The Great Fire of Smyrna The Great Fire of Smyrna JamesHoare Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism undefined
7 months ago
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art undefined
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953) Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today. Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble! This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore undefined
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis undefined
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work? undefined
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?” undefined
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies? undefined
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life undefined
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
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Out Of Control. Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism undefined
11 months ago
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936 Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen? undefined
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn. In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley undefined
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World undefined
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building undefined
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art undefined
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964) A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story. Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza undefined
a year ago
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible? undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall undefined
7 months ago
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland undefined
3 months ago
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate? undefined
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review ‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review JamesHoare Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Why we need an insufferable liberal elite The Great Migration to Bluesky
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TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero undefined
10 months ago
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Weekend Roundup Banned Book Week Begins...
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh? undefined
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs undefined
4 months ago
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg undefined
3 months ago
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida undefined
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End undefined
a year ago
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages undefined
4 months ago
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview undefined
a year ago
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982 Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones undefined
7 months ago
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific? undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective? Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius j.hoare Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba     Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years undefined
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023 Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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...
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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 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
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch undefined
2 months ago
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review ‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review JamesHoare Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement undefined
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time undefined
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist undefined
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops. And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II? undefined
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer The Antikythera Mechanism
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists undefined
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today undefined
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques undefined
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87) American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator undefined
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom undefined
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul? undefined
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution undefined
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting undefined
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History? undefined
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics undefined
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s undefined
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened undefined
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism? Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents? undefined
a year ago
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata undefined
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History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review ‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review JamesHoare Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam JamesHoare Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow? We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art undefined
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath) undefined
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to undefined
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving? undefined
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language? undefined
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968 The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding.     These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III undefined
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele undefined
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism undefined
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians undefined
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What Is Russian Futurism? undefined
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts JamesHoare Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit undefined
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW) “Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986)     Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954) Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack undefined
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room undefined
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius ... and the Fall of the Republic
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Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s “Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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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...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore? undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine undefined
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know undefined
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts undefined
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance? undefined
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans undefined
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
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When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements undefined
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning “Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera     Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam? undefined
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress undefined
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art. Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II? undefined
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium undefined
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes undefined
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US undefined
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review ‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review JamesHoare Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist? undefined
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction undefined
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures undefined
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads undefined
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist undefined
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The Value of Wills to Historians The Value of Wills to Historians JamesHoare Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s  series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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