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2015: Clubfoot
Charlie Carroll: Portrait of Clubfoot 2 (2015)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Charlie Carroll, Crows, Photography, Portraits, USA
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1967: Talented Amateur
Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers (1967)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Cold War, Diana Rigg, Great Britain, Television, Women
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1875: Jerusalem
James Fairman: Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives (1875); as the Old City of Jerusalem is to the west of the Mount of Olives, this is a sunset.
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1671: The Latest and Most Accurate
John Ogilby: America- Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World (1671); the book is an English translation of Arnold Montanus’s De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld. The title of this plate is “Viztlipuztli idolum Mexicanorum” —The Mexicans’ … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 17th Century, Arnold Montanus, Aztecs, Books, Colonialism, Great Britain, Huitzilopochtli, John Ogilby, Mexica, Mexico, Mexico City, Native Americans, Religion
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1990: Dictionary
Donald Lipski: U-90-45 (1990)
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Art, Aviation, Books, Dictionaries, Donald Lipski, Sculpture, USA
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1976: In the Heart of Civilization
Jungle Action Vol. 2, #19 (January, 1976) Cover Artists: Gil Kane, Dan Adkins, & Irv Watanabe
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Africa, African-Americans, Art, Black Panther, Comics, Dan Adkins, Gil Kane, Irv Watanabe, USA
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2016: Diptych
Frank Mujica: Untitled (Diptych) (2016)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Cuba, Drawing, Frank Mujica, Landscapes
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1960: Low-Speed Flight
Federico Fellini, director: La Dolce Vita (1960)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Art, Aviation, Christianity, Federico Fellini, Film, Helicopters, Italy, Religion, Rome, Vatican City
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1890: Pastoral
Martin Johnson Heade: Florida Pastoral. The painting is undated, but Heade lived and worked in Florida from 1883 until his death in 1904.
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Landscapes, Martin Johnson Heade, Painting, Susanna Hesselberg
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1924: That’s What the Leaves Murmured
Diaz’s Forest In a forest painted by Diaz, a little motherkin and her child stood still. They were now a good hour from the village. Gnarled trunks spoke a primeval tongue. The mother said to her child: “In my opinion, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 1920's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Books, Children, Essays, France, Landscapes, Mental Health, Mothers, Narcisse Diaz de la Peña, Painting, Robert Walser, Susan Bernofsky, Switzerland, Trees, Women, Writing
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