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1592: More Books on Books

Posted on August 11, 2020 by corvusfugit

All I can say is that you can feel from experience that so many interpretations dissipate the truth and break it up. Aristotle wrote to be understood: if he could not manage it, still less will a less able man … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 16th Century, Anthony van Leest, Étienne de La Boétie, Books, Christianity, France, Montaigne, Philosophy, Printmaking, Religion, Saints | 2 Comments

1978: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali

Posted on August 8, 2020 by corvusfugit

Who would win in a fight—Superman or Muhammad Ali? The two duked it out in a 1978 comic. An evil space alien named Rat’Lar brings an armada to earth and claims that Earthlings’ warlike ways pose a threat to his … Continue reading →

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1874: Seascape

Posted on August 6, 2020 by corvusfugit

Alfred Thompson Bricher: Seascape (1874)

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Art, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing, USA | Leave a comment

1979: Westside Dreams

Posted on August 2, 2020 by corvusfugit

Daniel Salazar: Westside Dreams (1979) This photo shows the National Chicano Dance Theater posing in front of the Denver skyline in 1979, I think probably as part of a promotional shoot for Daniel Valdez’s play Zoot Suit, which debuted that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1940's, 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Cars, Daniel Salazar, Daniel Valdez, Film, Latino/as/x, Photography, Theater, USA | 2 Comments

1816: The World Was about to Come to an End

Posted on July 31, 2020 by corvusfugit

In 1881, Jedediah Hubbell Dorwin published some recollections of living in Montreal based on his extensive journals and scrapbooks. The following was reprinted in many newspapers at the time: On the morning of Sunday, November 8, 1819, the sun rose … Continue reading →

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1867: Distant View

Posted on July 30, 2020 by corvusfugit

Frederick Leighton: Distant View of Mountains in the Aegean Sea (1867)

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1808: Squares Eight Times Eight

Posted on July 29, 2020 by corvusfugit

It was a fancy of the eccentric Mr. Pratt…to propose a game of Chess to a friend after dinner without Chessboard and men, and stipulate that instead of describing the moves with the usual prosaic abbreviations, a sort of poetical … Continue reading →

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1250 BC: The Gurob Ship-Cart

Posted on July 1, 2020 by corvusfugit

This wooden model of a ship on a wheeled cart was found in Gurob, Egypt in 1920—and dates from the thirteenth or twelfth century BC. Although carts like this were used simply to transport ships from one place to another, … Continue reading →

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1926: The Black Pirate

Posted on June 30, 2020 by corvusfugit

Advertisements in The Hochi-Shimbun, October 15, 1926.

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1939: Revolt

Posted on June 1, 2020 by corvusfugit

Hale Woodruff’s murals commemorating the revolt on the Spanish slave ship Amistad were installed in Talladega College’s Savery Library in 1939, the centennial of the uprising. The first mural depicts the moment when, on or about July 1, 1839, kidnapped … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1830's, 1930's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Africa, African-Americans, Art, Hale Woodruff, Law, Libraries, Murals, Painting, Resistance, Ships & Sailing, Sierra Leone, Slavery, USA | Leave a comment