Tag Archives: 20th Century

1987: Cultural Differences

Posted on January 14, 2018 by corvusfugit

[In France], F, her husband, and her daughter, who are preparing to leave a party, are standing in the foyer saying goodbye. As she leaves, F has a “minor accident”: while putting on her coat, her hand brushes against a … Continue reading →

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1936: The Red Flag

Posted on January 14, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times (1936)

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1964: Revolution

Posted on January 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

During the shooting of David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago [set in Russia during WWI and the Russian Revolution] in a Madrid suburb in 1964, a crowd of Spanish statists had to sing the “Internationale” in a scene involving a mass demonstration. The … Continue reading →

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1946: New Year’s

Posted on January 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

Horace Bristol: The New Moon, January 1, 1946 During the Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri [“Saidaiji Temple Naked Festival”] in Okayama, participants wear only a Japanese loincloth called a fundoshi as they compete to find one of two camphor-scented batons that … Continue reading →

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1939: Before the Parachute Opens

Posted on December 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tullio Crali: Before the Parachute Opens (1939)

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1926: Watershed

Posted on December 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Daniel Garber: A Wooded Watershed (1926)

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1913: Christmas Massacre

Posted on December 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

In July, 1913 there were about 15,000 miners working for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in several mines in Michigan’s northern peninsula—about 9,000 of them were members of the Western Federation of Miners. When the union demanded recognition, management … Continue reading →

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1930: Landscape

Posted on December 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Konstantin Bogaevsky: Industrial Landscape (c. 1930)

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1911: Portrait

Posted on December 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Félix Vallotton: Seated Black Woman, Front View (1911)

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1910: Dirigible

Posted on December 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Léon Spilliaert: Dirigible in a Hangar (1910)

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