Author Archives: corvusfugit

1939: Revolt

Posted on June 1, 2020

Hale Woodruff’s murals commemorating the revolt on the Spanish slave ship Amistad were installed in Talladega College’s Savery Library in 1939, the centennial of the uprising. The first mural depicts the moment when, on or about July 1, 1839, kidnapped … Continue reading →

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1933: Dreams of the Third Reich

Posted on May 26, 2020

A selection from Charlotte Beradt’s Dreams of the Third Reich. Beradt was a journalist in Germany when Hitler took power and, inspired by the first dream below “set out to collect the dreams the Nazi regime had generated”—which she did … Continue reading →

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1639: Thoughts

Posted on May 23, 2020

From a letter written by James Howell, 17 March 1639: Having got into a close field, I cast my face upward, and…began to contemplate as I was in this posture the vast magnitude of the universe and what proportion this … Continue reading →

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1918: Munitions Girls

Posted on May 7, 2020

Stanhope Forbes: The Munitions Girls (1918)

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1900: Triptych

Posted on May 6, 2020

Constantin Meunier: Mine Triptych (Descent, Calvary, Ascent) (c. 1900)

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1885: Foundry

Posted on May 5, 2020

P. S. Krøyer: The Iron Foundry, Burmeister and Wain (1885)

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1971: Kirby

Posted on May 3, 2020

Jack Kirby: page from A “King” Kirby Portfolio (1971)

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