Tag Archives: 1930’s

1932: Sunset

Posted on May 29, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charles Ernest Butler: Sunset at Low Tide, Westcliff-on-Sea (1932)

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Patrick von Kalckreuth: Seascape The painting is undated. Von Kalckreuth (1892–1970) was born Patrick Dunbar, but changed his name after his father died and his mother married Richard von Kalckreuth in 1931. The signature on the panting thus indicates a … Continue reading →

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1935: Found Photo

Posted on May 6, 2018 by corvusfugit

I took a guess on the date.

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1936: Gold Were His Limbs where He Was Bird

Posted on March 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

In 1921, the Istituto nazionale dantesco in Milan commissioned a lavish edition of the Divine Comedy to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Dante’s death; the edition was to include an original color plate for each of the 100 canti of … Continue reading →

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1939: The History of Spitting

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

The pioneering sociologist Norbert Elias published The Civilizing Process in 1939 with the aim of tracing how Europeans came to imagine what it meant to be “civilized.” In the book, he argues that increasing interdependence in society—in which difference social … Continue reading →