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1869: The Well of Well-being

Posted on May 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

From P. W. Joyce’s Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1869): In the parish of Kilgobban in Kerry, about eight miles west of Tralee, is situated the beautiful valley of Glannagalt; and it was … Continue reading →

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2013: Your Flying Cars Are Here

Posted on May 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jacob Munkhammar: Flying Citroen Visas (2013) See more here.

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2014: These Cinder Blocks Are Made of Buildings

Posted on May 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Evol: Blocked Delivery (2014) See more here.

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1912: Branches

Posted on May 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Léon Spilliaert: Branches (1912)

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1573: The Inquisition Grills an Artist for the Last Supper

Posted on May 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

Paolo Veronese: The Feast in the House of Levi (1573) Veronese’s painting was the cause of an investigation by the Roman Catholic Inquisition, which balked at the lavish settings and costumes—as well as the “buffoons, drunken Germans, dwarfs and other … Continue reading →

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2010: This City is Made of Staples

Posted on May 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Peter Root: Ephemicropolis (2010) Found here.

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2012: This Painting is Untitled

Posted on May 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Françoise Nielly: Untitled 660 (2012) (source)

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1653: She Cursed and Swore like a Musketeer

Posted on May 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Christina, the Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654, famously rejected traditional gender roles, often wearing men’s clothing and excelling at traditionally masculine pursuits. She was also one of the most educated women of the Renaissance, had a mischievous sense … Continue reading →

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1979: Eric Lanzetti Tells You What a Communist Is

Posted on May 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1938, after a childhood in a West Virginia mining town and a bright college career at Brown and Oxford, Eric Lanzetti —radicalized by the revolutionary fight against fascism in Spain—became a communist organizer on the Lower East Side of … Continue reading →

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1958: The Quiet American Shows at the Victoria

Posted on May 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pete Tuner: The Quiet American (1958) (source)

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