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1966: Like Everybody Else

Posted on November 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

Bill Melendez, director: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) Charlie Brown, undaunted, seeks tenderness and fulfillment on every side: in baseball, in building kites, in his relationship with his dog, Snoopy, in playing with the girls. He always fails. … Continue reading →

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1913: Then from the Darkness there Came Another Sound

Posted on October 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Beatrice Elvery: Fionn and Áillen (1913); illustration for Violet Russell’s Heroes of the Dawn (source) In Irish mythology, Áillen the Burner came forth every Samhain from Mag Mell, the underworld, to burn the scared site of Tara to the ground … Continue reading →

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1932: Cheltenham

Posted on October 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Algernon Cecil Newton: Outskirts of Cheltenham (1932)

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2006: Ascension

Posted on October 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ben Grasso: Ascending House (2006)

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1795: The Staircase Group

Posted on October 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Willson Peale: Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale I) (1795)

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1922: Cops

Posted on October 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton, directors: Cops (1922)

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1898: Blown on the Wind

Posted on October 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

David James: Blown on the Wind (1898)

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1937: When I Get to the Bottom I Go Back to the Top of the Slide Where I Stop and I Turn and I Go for a Ride Till I Get to the Bottom and I See You Again

Posted on October 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Stanley Spencer: Helter Skelter (1937)   A photograph of Spencer painting it at Hampstead Heath:

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1892: Mystic Landscape

Posted on October 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Guilloux: Paysage Mystique (c.1892)

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1890: Moonrise

Posted on October 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Charles Guilloux: Lever de lune sur un canal (c. 1890)

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