Author Archives: corvusfugit

1958: Work

Posted on December 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

Kazuo Shiraga: Work II (1958)

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1948: Fence and Tree

Posted on December 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Albert Reuss: Fence and Tree (1948)

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1922: Seek the Kingdom of Heaven through Contempt of the World

Posted on December 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Melchior Lechter’s frontispiece, title page, and first chapter title page for a 1922 edition of Thomas à Kempis’s Imitation of Christ. Written in the early 15th century, the work promotes piety, simplicity, and devotion as the key to a personal … Continue reading →

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1892: Summer Evening

Posted on December 18, 2019 by corvusfugit

Janus La Cour: Quiet Summer Evening by the River Mouth (1892)

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1655: Remedies

Posted on December 16, 2019 by corvusfugit

Selections from Thomas Lupton’s book A Thousand Notable Things on Various Subjects: Disclosed from the Secrets of Nature and Art, Practicable, Profitable, and of Great Advantage: Set Down from Long and Curious Study and Experience (1655): The Soles of the … Continue reading →

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1937: Local 174

Posted on December 15, 2019 by corvusfugit

This mural showing the early history of UAW local 174 was painted by Walter Speck and Barbara Wilson in 1937 and originally hung in the local’s union hall at 2730 Maybury Grand St., in Detroit, Michigan. After moving with the … Continue reading →

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1863: Rat

Posted on December 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

Adolph von Menzel: Rat in the Gutter (c. 1863-1883)

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1750: Estimate

Posted on December 9, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1750, astronomer Thomas Wright estimated the number of inhabited planets in the observable universe: Of…habitable Worlds, such as the Earth, all which we may suppose to be also of a terrestrial or terraqueous Nature, and filled with Beings of … Continue reading →

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2013: Transition II

Posted on December 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Richard Mayhew: Transition II (2013)

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1944: The Removal of Sewell Avery

Posted on November 29, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1942, in an effort to avoid strikes in war-related industries, Franklin Roosevelt reinstated the War Labor Board and directed it to oversee and arbitrate negotiations between unions and employers. Most unions had also agreed not to strike during the … Continue reading →

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