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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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The Year's Midnight.
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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The General History of Africa
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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They are quite serious, actually.
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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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...
5 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...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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What Is Nestorianism?
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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11 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
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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10 months ago
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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2 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 …...
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
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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
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Who Was Vortigern?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
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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...
TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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8 months ago
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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5 months ago
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
11 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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8 months ago
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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