Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
3 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
2 weeks ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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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...
3 weeks ago
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
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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What Is Capoeira?
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
2 weeks ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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TheCollector
7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
2 weeks ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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The Angolan Civil War: 26 Years of Fighting
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
10 Charming Medieval Villages in Austria to Visit
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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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...
5 months ago
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
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
a year ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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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
11 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
4 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
2 weeks ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Flashbak
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...
a month ago
“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...
Classical Wisdom
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”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
Global Inequality...
The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
a year ago
Historical origins of the malaise
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
3 months ago
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
a month ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
Classical Wisdom
The Pompeii Mosaics
Frozen by Fire
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TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
3 days ago
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Wrong Side of...
Leaving behind the history written in letters of blood
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
a week ago
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe, Part 3
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a week ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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