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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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A Brief History of Chile
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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African History...
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Global Inequality...
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
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a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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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...
3 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...
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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The Art of the Interesting
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
7 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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...
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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