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Author Archives: corvusfugit
1908: Hofstraat
Léon Spilliaert: Hofstraat, Ostend (1908)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Belgium, Cityscapes, Léon Spilliaert, Painting
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2011: Visualization
“The 1,318 transnational corporations that form the core of the economy. Superconnected companies are red, very connected companies are yellow. The size of the dot represents revenue.” (source)
1820: Thirlmere
John Glover: Thirlmere (c. 1820)
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Tagged 1820's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Great Britain, John Glover, Landscapes, Mammals, Painting, Sheep
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2016: Correction
A correction in The New York Times, April 10, 2016: An article on March 20 about wave piloting in the Marshall Islands misstated the number of possible paths that could be navigated without instruments among the 34 islands and atolls … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Journalism, Marshall Islands, Ships & Sailing, The New York Times, USA
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1863: Sheep in a Boat
Rosa Bonheur: Changing Pastures (1863)
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1977: FZAAKK!!!
Jack Kirby (pencils) & Mike Royer (inks): Captain America #214 (October, 1977) (source)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Comics, Drawing, FZZAAKK!!!, Jack Kirby, Mike Royer, USA
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1914: Silent Evening
Anna Boberg: Silent Evening – Scene from Lofoten (1910-1914)
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2006: Wilderness
Mark Dion: Mobile Wilderness Wolf Unit (2006)
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Animals, Art, Conceptual Art, Mammals, Mark Dion, Taxidermy, USA, Wolves
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1890: Autumn
László Mednyánszky, Slushy Road, Autumn Field at Twilight (1890s)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Hungary, Landscapes, László Mednyánszky, Painting
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2015: Mutually Noncoherent Pulses
In this study, we carried out a reliable measurement of the mutually noncoherent pulses and their subsequent analysis as the most probable acoustic signals of the hypothetic spoken language of dolphins. As this language exhibits all the design features present … Continue reading
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