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1960: Fasten Your Seatbelts

Posted on February 18, 2019 by corvusfugit

Based on a novel by Stanisław Lem, the 1960 East German/Polish film The Silent Star is set in the future of 1970, when explorations in the Gobi desert unearth an strange crystalline object containing a fragmentary message from Venus. It … Continue reading →

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1740: Thangka Depicting Vajrabhairava

Posted on February 15, 2019 by corvusfugit

Thangka Depicting Vajrabhairava (1740) This thangka, a type of Tibetan painting that uses ground mineral pigment on cotton or silk, shows Yamantaka Vajrabhairava, a deity in the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. He is shown with nine heads (the largest … Continue reading →

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1939: A Cat Standing on Its Hind Legs

Posted on February 14, 2019 by corvusfugit

Louis Wain: A cat standing on its hind legs, formed by patterns supposed to be in the “Early Greek” style (1925-1939).

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1923: Plum Tree

Posted on February 13, 2019 by corvusfugit

Theodore Earl Butler: Autumn Plum Tree in the Artists’ Garden, Giverny, 1923

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1973: Heavy Smog

Posted on January 24, 2019 by corvusfugit

Chester Higgins: Environmental Protection Agency photo – “The George Washington Bridge in heavy smog. View toward the New Jersey side of the Hudson River” (May 1973)

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1986: Lower Manhattan

Posted on January 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

Yvonne Jacquette: A Glimpse of Lower Manhattan (Night) (1986)

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1859: Morning Over New York

Posted on January 22, 2019 by corvusfugit

Charles Herbert Moore: Morning Over New York (c. 1859)

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1966: I Am Your Greatest Fan

Posted on January 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

I grew up in musical theater. To me, the highlight and the epitome of my life as a singer and actor and a dancer/choreographer was to star on Broadway. And as my popularity grew once [Star Trek] was on … Continue reading →

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1920: General Confusion

Posted on January 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Stanislaw Witkiewicz: General Confusion (1920)

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1969: The Door Said

Posted on January 19, 2019 by corvusfugit

The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight “What I pay you,” … Continue reading →

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