Tag Archives: 20th Century

1979: James Baldwin’s Inkwell

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Q. How do you see the role of the black American writer in particular? A. Well, you have to understand that presently you’re going to be obsolete, because America is going to be obsolete. But if one substitutes the word … Continue reading →

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1905: Grotta Azzurra

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Detroit Publishing Company: La Grotta Azzurra [The Blue Grotto], Capri, photochrome print from “Views of Architecture and Other Sites in Italy” (1905) (source)

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1921: New Planet

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Konstantin Yuon: Новая планета [New Planet] (1921)

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1938: Death Loop

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tullio Crali: Upside Down Loop (Death Loop) (1938)

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1959: Even a Kid Knows it’s Wrong to Cross a Picket Line

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Helen Martinez and her children (her grandchild was too young to picket) wear placards announcing that Tex-Son workers are on strike.” (source)

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1910: Suffragette Madonnas

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

The message of these anti-suffrage postcards is that if women have the right to vote, society will be turned upsidedown and men will become feminized, forced to do the women’s work of taking care of babies—how horrible! Although these … Continue reading →

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1999: Under the Gowanus

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Rackstraw Downes: Under the Gowanus with Sanitation Department Towers (1999) Gowanus is a neighborhood in Brooklyn. “The Gowanus Expressway, which serves as the southern extension of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, also connects the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel approach, the Prospect Expressway (NY 27), … Continue reading →