Author Archives: corvusfugit

1989: The Wish Being Father to the Thought

Stephen Bush: L. L. The Wish Being Father to the Thought (1989) (source)

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1895: Procession

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo: The Procession (1892-1895)

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1961: Sticks and Stones

Curt Swan and Stan Kaye: Action Comics #276 (May, 1961)

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1894: La vitrioleuse

Eugène Samuel Grasset: La vitrioleuse [The Acid Thrower] (1894)

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2009: Crumbs

D. R. McCoy: Crumbs (2009); “I have been studying the Book of Acts recently, which reminded me that gentiles like myself are only allowed into the kingdom because we are receiving the ‘crumbs’ discarded by the people in Jesus’ day. … Continue reading

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2005: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Brothers Quay, directors: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005)

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1618: Helmet

Nagasone Tojiro Mitsumasa: Helmet in the form of a sea conch shell (1618) (source)

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2015: Rebuild

Theaster Gates’s transformation of an abandoned bank in Chicago. “Rebuild Foundation is a nonprofit organization that endeavors to rebuild the cultural foundations of underinvested neighborhoods and incite movements of community revitalization that are culture based, artist led, and neighborhood driven.” … Continue reading

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1891: February

Joaquim Vancells: February Landscape (1891)

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1920: Edinburgh

Alfred G. Buckham: Aerial view of Edinburgh (c. 1920)

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