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1928: Holiday in Bangkok
Map, frontispiece, and cover of the Royal State Railways’s Guide to Bangkok with Notes on Siam (1928); the frontispiece shows Wat Arun at night.
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Architecture, Books, Buddhism, Geography, Printmaking, Religion, Thailand, Trains, Travel
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1890: The Sea
Thomas Alexander Harrison: The Sea. I think this is a photogravure print of one of his paintings. I made up the date.
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, France, Painting, Printmaking, Seascapes, Thomas Alexander Harrison, USA
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1844: The Bridge of Infinities
J. J. Grandville: The Bridge of Infinities, an illustration from Un Autre Monde (1844)
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Tagged 1840's, 19th Century, Astronomy, Books, France, J J Grandville, Printmaking, Science Fiction
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1915: Swan
Hilma af Klint: The Swan, No. 19, Group IX-SUW (1914-1915)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Hilma af Klint, Painting, Shells, Sweden, Women
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1550: Le Petit Lorrain
Ambroise Paré’s designed this mechanical hand—which he named “Le Petit Lorrain” — in the 1550’s for a French Army captain. The thumb is stationary, but a mechanical lever operates the other fingers. This illustration is taken from a 1663 edition … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Ambroise Paré, Books, Disability, France, Hands, Printmaking, War
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1921: Important People
George W. Lambert: Important People (1914-1921) “By creating a portrait of ordinary people—a flower-seller, a clerk and a boxer—George W Lambert sought to parody the convention of only those with wealth or social status having their portraits painted. He questioned … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Australia, Boxing, Children, Flowers, George W. Lambert, Mothers, Painting, Portraits, Sports
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1585: A Young Daughter of the Picts
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues: A Young Daughter of the Picts (ca. 1585) An engraving based on this miniature appeared in the section on Picts and ancient Britons in Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Art, France, Great Britain, Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, Native Americans, Painting, Portraits, Scotland, Tattoos, Women
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2014: Societal Collapse
“How real is the possibility of a societal collapse?” We conducted a series of experiments with the HANDY model, considering first an egalitarian society without Elites (xE = 0), next an equitable society (κ = 1) where Non-Workers and Workers … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Capitalism, Environment, Eugenia Kalnay, Jorge Rivas, Safa Motesharrei, Sociology, USA
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2016: Helpful Maps
I made these about a year ago. Let me know if you like them.
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