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2016: Mother and Child
US Dept of Interior: “A mama moose & her calf in the early morning fog at Seedskadee Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming” (source)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Animals, Moose, Mothers, Nature, Photography, USA
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1470: The Ox
Martin Schongauer: Ox (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Luke (1470-1490) In Christian iconography, the winged ox is the symbol of the evangelist Luke—traditionally seen as the animal of sacrifice and therefore linked to the sacrifice of Jesus himself.
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Tagged 15th Century, Animals, Christianity, Germany, Martin Schongauer, Oxen, Printmaking, Religion
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1856: Mauresque Noire
Charles Cordier: Mauresque Noire [Black Moorish Woman], 1856
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Africa, Algeria, Art, Charles Cordier, France, Sculpture, Women
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1966: Bring Me My Robe
Louis Mélançon: Leontyne Price as Cleopatra in Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra (1966)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Costumes, Leontyne Price, Louis Mélançon, Music, Photography, Shakespeare
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2012: Celebration
Siphiwe Sibeko: Mineworkers at the Lonmin Marikana mine in South Africa celebrate a 22% pay increase after an extended strike (2012) (source)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Africa, Labor, Photography, Siphiwe Sibeko, South Africa, Strikes, Unions
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1878: The Great Physician
It is to the Nilometer [a submerged building built to measure and predict the Nile’s clarity and water level] that the island of Rods [Rhoda/Rawdah] owes its fame, and there is little else that the visitor will find worth seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Africa, Books, Egypt, Georg Ebers, Germany, Printmaking, Religion, Trees
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1935: Archive
Undated photo of War Department records in the White House garage. Prior to the establishment of the National Archives in 1934, “federal records were kept in various basements, attics, abandoned buildings, and other storage places with little security or concern … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Archives, Government, Photography, USA
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1875: Nocturne
James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Nocturne (1875-1880) (source)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Great Britain, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Painting, USA
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2013: 1989
Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger create minuature versions of scenes from iconic photographs using scale models and other materials. The image above, for example—which might at first seem to be Charlie Cole’s famous picture of the “tank man” from the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980's, 2010's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Adrian Sonderegger, Art, China, Germany, Jojakim Cortis, Miniatures, Photography
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