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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art? undefined
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections undefined
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons? undefined
6 months ago
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US undefined
8 months ago
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre undefined
7 months ago
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus? undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall? & Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
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What Is the Will to Power? undefined
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism? undefined
4 weeks ago
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding undefined
9 months ago
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick? undefined
9 months ago
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies? undefined
a year ago
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates? The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827) “Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin     John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator? undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review ‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review JamesHoare Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes undefined
a year ago
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real undefined
a year ago
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City undefined
5 months ago
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For? undefined
10 months ago
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice undefined
a year ago
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust undefined
5 months ago
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud? undefined
7 months ago
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence undefined
8 months ago
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible undefined
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
8 months ago
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak undefined
2 months ago
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054? undefined
9 months ago
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People? undefined
a year ago
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History undefined
2 months ago
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA undefined
3 weeks ago
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review ‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review JamesHoare Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness undefined
a week ago
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon! oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life? undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation? undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
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,...
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments undefined
4 months ago
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas undefined
10 months ago
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions undefined
4 months ago
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective? undefined
7 months ago
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign? undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live? Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
a month ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both? undefined
10 months ago
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest undefined
2 months ago
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion j.hoare Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous? undefined
5 months ago
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE. The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens? Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s “My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler   Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest? undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete. You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems undefined
8 months ago
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records undefined
a year ago
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible? undefined
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy? undefined
a year ago
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth? undefined
a year ago
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer undefined
a year ago
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo? undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review ‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review j.hoare Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism undefined
a year ago
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour undefined
a year ago
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know undefined
2 months ago
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh.   When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson undefined
a year ago
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung? undefined
7 months ago
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998 In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides undefined
7 months ago
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review ‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review JamesHoare Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome undefined
a month ago
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea The Road from East Germany to North Korea JamesHoare Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist? undefined
2 months ago
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom. Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked) undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story “For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway   You might...
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“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway   You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era? undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead Arguing with the Dead JamesHoare Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite The Great Migration to Bluesky
4 weeks ago
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953) A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall? Who was Thorkell the Tall? JamesHoare Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 ) “ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’ A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’ A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times undefined
a week ago
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What Makes a Conflict a World War? undefined
11 months ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73) Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of  cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too.   Raninet...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine" A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore) undefined
4 months ago
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age undefined
a year ago
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952) Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a...
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Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy? A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842 The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s.   “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s.   “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973) For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods) undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art undefined
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
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Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas. Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox. It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961) Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento? undefined
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TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas undefined
8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
a week ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York undefined
7 months ago
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party undefined
11 months ago
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars JamesHoare Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem undefined
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers? undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan On the Spot: Eugene Rogan JamesHoare Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work? undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them. But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW) These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024 Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful Three theories
a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024 Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
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Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another undefined
a month ago
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada undefined
a year ago
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980 We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation? undefined
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
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This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Monsters and Myths
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s Peter Marshall  has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall  has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian undefined
5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954) An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah? undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville? undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review ‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review JamesHoare Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid & Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes." Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War? undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955) Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
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Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood ...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills undefined
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959) This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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...
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch. I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts? undefined
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