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Tag Archives: 18th Century
1750: Estimate
In 1750, astronomer Thomas Wright estimated the number of inhabited planets in the observable universe: Of…habitable Worlds, such as the Earth, all which we may suppose to be also of a terrestrial or terraqueous Nature, and filled with Beings of … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Astronomy, Books, Great Britain, Printmaking, Science, Thomas Wright
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1673: Life Being So Short and Books So Plentiful
In 1673, Antonio Magliabechi became librarian to Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was an eruidite scholar, fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and—according to his contemporary and biographer Giacinto Gimma—versed in physics, mathematics, rhetoric, grammar, history, … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 18th Century, Antonio Magliabechi, Antonio Montauti, Books, Italy, Libraries, Memory, Portraits, Sculpture
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1792: A Serious Social Menace
One afternoon in 1792, Lady Almeria Braddock and a certain Mrs. Elphinstone were having tea when the following exchange occurred: Mrs Elphinstone: “You have been a very beautiful woman.” Lady Almeria: “Have been? What do you mean by ‘have been’?” … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Art, Duelling, Great Britain, History, Illustration, Printmaking, Sociology, Women
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1784: Whimsical Associations
From Paul Fussell’s Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (1965): “In ‘The Poplar Field’ …William Cowper…unwittingly allows the whimsical associations of triple meter to work against him.” The poplars are felled, farewell to the shade And the whispering sound of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 18th Century, 1960's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Claude Monet, France, Great Britain, Landscapes, Painting, Paul Fussell, Poetry, Trees, William Cowper
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1720: Women Working
Giacomo Ceruti: Women Working on Pillow Lace (c. 1720)
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Giacomo Ceruti, Italy, Labor, Painting, Textiles, Women
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1791: Picking Clams
Utagawa Toyokuni: Picking Clams (ca. 1791)
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Food and Drink, Japan, Printmaking, Utagawa Toyokuni, Women
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1943: Workers and Paintings
Honoré Sharrer: Workers and Paintings (1943) I can’t identify all the paintings in this painting. Leave a comment if you can fill in the blanks: Hugo Gellert : Free Man’s Duties (No 4) … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 1850's, 18th Century, 1930's, 1940's, 19th Century, 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Dance, Diego Rivera, François Boucher, France, Grant Wood, Honoré Daumier, Honoré Sharrer, Hugo Gellert, Jean-François Millet, Labor, Madame de Pompadour, Mirrors, Netherlands, Pablo Picasso, Painting, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Portraits, Printmaking, Spain, USA, Women
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