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Tag Archives: 1930’s
1937: The Building of Tidewater
John Noble: The Building of Tidewater (c.1937)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Industry, John Noble, Labor, Painting, Rivers, USA
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1956: The Hound of Heaven
In 1893, English poet Francis Thompson published a poem called “The Hound of Heaven.” The work is an extended metaphor: as a hound pursues a hare in a hunt, so does God pursue the human soul to restore it to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 1930's, 1950's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Christianity, Francis Thompson, Great Britain, Painting, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Robert Hale Ives Gammell, USA
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1936: Expectation
Richard Oelze: Expectation (1935-36)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Art, Germany, Painting, Richard Oelze, Technology, The Sky
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1938: Signs of Hard Weather
From a collection of folklore gathered by Irish teachers in the 1930’s: Weather 27-12-1938 Signs of hard weather: Robin flying into house. Lapwings seen early in winter. Wild geese seen flying inland (southwards). Small birds gathering in large numbers about … Continue reading
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1930: Plant
Aleksander Vasilievich Kuprin: G. I. Petrovsky Metallurgy Plant, Dnepropetrovsk (1930)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Aleksander Vasilievich Kuprin, Art, Factories, Industry, Landscapes, Painting, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine
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1865: An Army of Striking Labor
In Black Reconstruction in America (1935), W. E. B. Du Bois argues that a “general strike” by millions of enslaved African-Americans decided the outcome of the civil war. By rebelling against their masters, abandoning southern plantations, contributing their labor to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 1930's, 19th Century, 20th Century, African-Americans, American Civil War, Art, Books, Currier & Ives, Labor, Printmaking, Slavery, Strikes, W. E. B. Du Bois
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1938: Fire
Teresita Fernández: Fire (2005) Fire and heat provide modes of explanation in the most varied domains, because they have been for us the occasion for unforgettable memories, for simple and decisive personal experiences. Fire is thus a privileged phenomenon which … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, 2000's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Books, Fire, France, Gaston Bachelard, Latino/as/x, Psychology, Teresita Fernández, Textiles, USA, Women
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