Tag Archives: 1920’s

1923: A is for Antelope

Posted on November 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

C. B. Falls: ABC Book (1923)

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1923: Dreams of Orphan Children

Posted on November 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

While giving mental tests to children in various orphanages I have occasionally asked the children about their dreams. The questions were usually put in this way: “Do you ever have dreams at night?” and, if the child nodded or said … Continue reading →

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1923: Emancipation Machine

Posted on November 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

“I feel that I have done something for the women who have always had to work so hard. This will enable them more easily to earn a living.” Statement of Christopher Latham Sholes, inventor of the typewriter HOW WOMEN … Continue reading →

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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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1870: Cento

Posted on October 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

A cento is a poem composed of lines taken from other poems, either by different authors or from the same author. (Homer and Virgil are traditional favorites.) The word comes from the Greek κεντρόνη, which means “patchwork garment.” The following … Continue reading →

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1920: Nocturnal Landscape

Posted on October 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ernst Nepo: Nocturnal Landscape (1920)

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1927: City of the Future

Posted on October 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev: City of the Future (1927)

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1927: Dancing on the Bauhaus Roof

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

T. Lux Feininger: [Charleston on the Bauhaus Roof] (1927); the dancer is Xanti Schawinsky and Clemens Röseler is playing the banjo.

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1927: Divine Law

Posted on September 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Beginning in 1902, Violet Oakley spent twenty-five years painting the murals that adorn the Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg. The image above is a study for her “Divine Law” mural in the Supreme Court, part of a series illustrating … Continue reading →

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1924: Gala Éluard

Posted on September 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Max Ernst: Gala Éluard (1924)

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