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1964: Satyrs MC
Members of the Satyrs Motorcycle Club at Salton Sea in southern California, 1964; founded in 1954, the club is the oldest continuously operating gay organization in the United States.
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Tagged 1960's, LGBTQ, Motorcycles, Photography, Portraits, USA
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6th Century AD: Medusa
No one really has an explanation for the two massive Medusa heads that support columns in the Basilica Cistern, a cathedral-sized reservoir underneath the city of Istanbul. The Medusa, of course, is a monster from Greek mythology: a winged woman … Continue reading
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1989: The Great Fire of London
In this dream I was coming up out of the London tube. I was in a rush, under a gray rain. I was preparing myself for a new life, for a joyful freedom. And I had to fathom the dream’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1980's, 20th Century, Books, Fire, France, Great Britain, Jacques Roubaud, London, Natural Disasters, OULIPO, Samuel Rolle
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1732: The Morals of Chess
Although Benjamin Franklin likely composed his essay “The Morals of Chess” as early as 1732, it was first published in 1786, during the height of interest surrounding Wolfgang von Kempelen’s mechanical chess-playing Turk; Franklin himself had lost to the machine … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 18th Century, 19th Century, Art, Automata, Benjamin Franklin, Caroline Howe, Chess, Digital Art, Diplomacy, Edward Harrison May, France, Great Britain, Negotiations, Painting, Richard Howe, Thomas Jefferson, USA, William Temple Franklin, Wolfgang von Kempelen
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1885: Wave
Thomas Alexander Harrison: Wave (1885) (source)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, France, Painting, Seascapes, Thomas Alexander Harrison, USA
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1948: Kriophoros
John Craxton: Boy with Kid (1948); see this post.
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Drawing, Goats, Great Britain, John Craxton, LGBTQ, Mammals
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19th Century: Pen Box
Muhammad Kazim: Pen Box, Iran, late 19th Century (bottom with portraits of Nasir al-Din Shah and persian rulers from the Shāhnameh)
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2004: The Weather Project
Ólafur Elíasson: The Weather Project, an art installation at Tate Modern in London, 2004. Photo by Adrian Rowbotham (source). More information here.
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Tagged 2000's, 21st Century, Art, Ólafur Elíasson, Conceptual Art, Denmark, Iceland
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1896: Beach
Eero Järnefelt: Rantamaisema Porkkalasta [Beach Scene, Porkkala] (1896)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Eero Järnefelt, Finland, Painting, Seascapes
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1998: ½
Zhang Huan: ½ (1998)
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Art, China, Photography, Portraits, Writing, Zhang Huan
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