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1870: Storm in the Mountains
Albert Bierstadt: Storm in the Mountains (c. 1870) (source)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Albert Bierstadt, Art, Landscapes, Meteorology, Painting, USA
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2015: Under Construction
Anna Pantelia: from the series Recycle (2015) (source)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Anna Pantelia, Architecture, Art, Greece, Photography, Portraits, Women
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1855: Your Very Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor … Continue reading
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Books, Poetry, Portraits, Printmaking, USA, Walt Whitman
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312 AD: The Emperor’s Foot
Foot of the colossal statue of Roman emperor Constantine the Great in the Courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the Musei Capitolini. The statue, of which several fragments survive, would have been 40 feet tall. “Precise dating of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th Century, Art, Constantine the Great, Feet, Italy, Rome, Sculpture
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1690s: Cabinet of Curiosities
Domenico Remps: Cabinet of Curiosities (1690s)
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Tagged 17th Century, Art, Belgium, Domenico Remps, Germany, Painting, Trompe l'œil
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1964: World’s Largest Miniature City
Built for the 1964 World’s Fair at a cost of $672,000 (about $5.3 million in 2017), the Panorama of New York City at the Queens Museum is the world’s largest architectural model of a city. It includes about 895,000 miniature … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Architecture, Cities, Miniatures, New York City, Sculpture, USA
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1903: Bicycle as Angel
A model in Hugo Simberg’s studio for his painting The Wounded Angel (1903). A bicycle is playing the part of the angel. Sources here and here.
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Angels, Art, Bicycles, Children, Finland, Hugo Simberg, Painting, Photography
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1996: Europa
Europa: September 7, 1996. Europa is the smallest of Jupiter’s moons. The bright crater on the bottom right is named Pwyll, after Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, a mythical Welsh king whose tale is told in the Mabinogion. One day, while … Continue reading
1898: The Keeper of the Threshold
Elihu Vedder: The Keeper of the Threshold (1897-1898)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Elihu Vedder, Mysticism, Painting, USA
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1902: Orchid and Hummingbird
Martin Johnson Heade: Orchid and Hummingbird near a Mountain Waterfall (1902) The orchid pictured is Cattleya labiata (known also as the Crimson Cattleya or Ruby-lipped Cattleya), which grows in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas in northeastern Brazil. The plant … Continue reading
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Brazil, Flowers, Martin Johnson Heade, Painting, USA
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