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1927: City of the Future

Posted on October 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev: City of the Future (1927)

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1910: Photographer

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

C. R. Tucker: Dorothy Tucker (1905-1910)

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600 BC: Life / Death

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tlatilco Mask (1100-600 BC);  the Tlatilco culture flourished in the Valley of Mexico between 1250 and 800 BC.

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1900: Versions

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

     Hans Thoma: Wondrous Birds (1892) W. W. Denslow: Illustration from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

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1914: Kotsuis and Hohhuq

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Edward S. Curtis: Kotsuis and Hohhuq (Nakoaktok) (1914); “These two masked performers in the winter dance represent huge, mythical birds. The mandibles of these tremendous wooden masks are controlled by strings.” The ‘Nak’waxda’xw (or Nakoaktok) are a nation of Kwak’wala-speaking … Continue reading →

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1822: Murmurs of the Air

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Despite the fact that Percy Bysshe Shelley had been expelled from Oxford University in 1811 for publishing an anonymous pamphlet called The Necessity of Atheism, this elaborate memorial was erected to the poet there in 1893. Shelly had drowned off … Continue reading →

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1890: Books

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Benjamin Walter Spiers: A Bit of Old London (1890)

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1865: The Master Is Dead, the Master Is Dead

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

A North German custom and superstition is, that if the master of the house dies, a person must go to the Beehive, knock, and repeat these words: “The master is dead, the master is dead,” else the Bees will fly … Continue reading →

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40,000 ya: Löwenmensch

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Discovered in 1939, the Löwenmensch (“lion-human”) is an ivory figurine carved from a mammoth’s tusk. It is the oldest-known zoomorphic (animal-shaped) sculpture in the world, as well as the oldest-known example of figurative art. Historically, there has been some debate over … Continue reading →

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2016: All Roads

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Now that we had our 486,713 starting points we needed to find out how we could reach Rome. For this we created an algorithm that calculated one route for every trip. The more often a specific single street segment was … Continue reading →

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