Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
undefined
yesterday
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
Flashbak
1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
8 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
undefined
4 weeks ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
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...
a year ago
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...
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
undefined
3 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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
undefined
3 days ago
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
undefined
a month 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
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
undefined
12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
10 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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...
7 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...
TheCollector
Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
undefined
10 months ago
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!
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
undefined
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
undefined
4 months ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
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...
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
undefined
9 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
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...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
2 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
undefined
22 hours ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
undefined
6 months ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
undefined
3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
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” –...
2 months ago
“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
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
undefined
8 months ago
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
undefined
a year ago
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
undefined
10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
5 Military Geniuses From History
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
undefined
5 days ago
TheCollector
Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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...
11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
undefined
a week ago
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
undefined
4 months ago
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
undefined
3 months ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
.
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
undefined
6 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...
2 months ago
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
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
undefined
6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
undefined
4 months ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months 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...
4 days 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...
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
undefined
5 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 