Tag Archives: 20th Century

1865: An Army of Striking Labor

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

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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1920: Seascape

Posted on April 28, 2019 by corvusfugit

Ludwik Cylkow: Untitled Seascape (c 1920)

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1921: Outnumbered and Outgunned

Posted on April 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

In the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Irish republicans were vastly outnumbered and outgunned by British forces—yet they won, fighting to an eventual truce and the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. How did they do it? In … Continue reading →

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2013: Landscape

Posted on April 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Yan Cong: Landscape #6 (2013)

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1963: A Colour Guide to Clouds

Posted on April 15, 2019 by corvusfugit

Each time you look at the sky, try to identify the clouds in it and test whether the explanations given in the book could be true for them. Gradually you will come to know the important clouds and the circumstances … Continue reading →

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1964: Oh, My Mangled Head!

Posted on April 14, 2019 by corvusfugit

In his book Alice in Many Tongues (1964), Warren Weaver spends the last chapter using a curious method to evaluate various translations of Alice in Wonderland. He takes the same passage from each translation—a portion of the Mad Tea-Party—and asks … Continue reading →

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1906: Entrance to Paradise

Posted on April 13, 2019 by corvusfugit

Wilhelm Bernatzik: Entrance to Paradise (1906)

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1938: Fire

Posted on April 11, 2019 by corvusfugit

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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1973: And Here As In Other Places

Posted on April 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Fold-out poster of Emiliano Zapata from El Malcriado, newsletter of the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO (May 4,1973) (source) …And here as in other places, enslaved men and women, whose consciousness has been asleep, are waking up, looking around struggling…

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1901: Am I So Very Ugly?

Posted on March 25, 2019 by corvusfugit

Walter Crane: “Am I so very ugly?” —illustration for Beauty and the Beast (ca. 1901)

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