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This small print series is called ‘Verschillende Bedrijven uit het Menselijke Leven Door Apen Voorgesteld’ (Various episodes of human life performed by monkeys) from designs by the Flemish printer Quirin Boel (or Coryn Bol; 25 January 1620 – 1668) and compatriot painter David Teniers, aka Teniers The Younger, aka David Teniers II (15 December … Continue reading "Various Episodes of Human Life Performed by Monkeys, 1635" The post Various Episodes of Human Life Performed by Monkeys, 1635 appeared first on Flashbak.

Art in the Age of Augustus

Accounts of the discovery of the “new world” often give the impression that Europeans’ first encounters were with small native tribes, saving major indigenous histories for large civilizations like the Aztec and Inca. In fact, the very first people the conquistadors met in the Caribbean were part of a distinct culture with its own […]

Have you been? Do you need to go? We’ve seen Janet Leigh on the toilet in the Psycho bathroom, men of all ages on the pot and admired the bog at New York’s CBGB club and the dawning of the 1980s bathroom. In this gallery, photograph collector Robert E. Jackson share vintage snapshots of … Continue reading "Let’s Hear It For The Toilet Paper: 25 Vintage Snapshots of People And Toilets" The post Let’s Hear It For The Toilet Paper: 25 Vintage Snapshots of People And Toilets appeared first on Flashbak.