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300-600 AD: Double-Faced Head Fragment

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

This earthenware fragment dates from 300-600 AD and was produced by an artist of the Remojadas culture—which flourished on Mexico’s Veracruz Gulf Coast from about 100 BC to 800 AD and is considered to be part of the larger Classic … Continue reading →

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1912: English Lessons

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

NEW WORLD LESSONS FOR OLD WORLD PEOPLES. Lessons in English for Foreign Girls. Thousands of immigrants come to America every year. Some of them have belonged to labor organizations in the old country, many of them have not. Most of … Continue reading →

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1925: Instead All Joy is Snatched Away

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry Clarke: Illustration for Goethe’s Faust (1925) Faust: Ah! Now I’ve done Philosophy, I’ve finished Law and Medicine, And sadly even Theology: Taken fierce pains, from end to end. Now here I am, a fool for sure! No wiser than … Continue reading →

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2017: The Sky

Posted on July 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

New additions to the gallery.

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2012: Moving

Posted on July 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leandro Erlich: Monte-Meubles. L’Ultime Déménagement (2012) Installation in Nantes, France (source) The translation is hard to do nicely. Literally, the title means “Furniture Elevator: The Final Move,” where “move” has the specific sense of moving to a new house or … Continue reading →

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1850: The Ninth Wave

Posted on July 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ivan Aivazovsky: The Ninth Wave (1850) The title is a reference to a traditional belief among sailors that waves grow larger and larger in a sequence up to the ninth wave—the largest—and then the sequence begins again.

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3,000 BC: Map

Posted on July 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

This etched stone, found in 2016 with nine others at a 5,000-year-old sacred site in Denmark, may be a map. Archaeologists believe it is a symbolic representation of a local area, showing fields, fences and plants, and that it may … Continue reading →

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1974: I Like America and America Likes Me

Posted on July 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

For his 1974 conceptual art piece I Like America and America Likes Me, the German artist Joseph Beuys flew to New York City and, wrapped in felt, was driven in an ambulance to the Rene Block Gallery. There, he spent … Continue reading →

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1887: Der Nöck

Posted on July 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Nöck (or Nix, Neck, Näck, or Nickert) is a protective water spirit who lives in lakes, ponds, springs, wells and even drops of water.  The word is likely derived from Old High German nihhus , niccus or nichessa (“water … Continue reading →

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1942: Battlefields

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Christopher R. W. Nevinson: Battlefields of Britain (1942) During the First World War, the painter and printmaker Christopher R. W. Nevinson served in Flanders and France as an ambulance driver with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was granted leave … Continue reading →

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