Tag Archives: 20th Century

1919: Queen Alice

Posted on March 1, 2020 by corvusfugit

Illustrations from a 1919 photoplay edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (source). The photos are stills from the 1915 silent film adaptation of the books, which starred Viola Savoy as Alice.

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1906: Martyr

Posted on February 23, 2020 by corvusfugit

F. Holland Day – Saint Sebastian (1906) Although the traditional iconography shows Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows, this is not actually how he dies and becomes a martyr. The 13th century Legenda aurea, a collection of hagiographies by Jacobus de … Continue reading →

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1930: Work Must Not Cease

Posted on February 10, 2020 by corvusfugit

A performance of Karel Capek’s R.U.R. at the Haohel Theater, Tel Aviv in 1930. The play opens in Rossum’s Universal Robots (thus the title), a factory which manufactures artificial humanoids designed to be perfect obedient workers. At first, the robots … Continue reading →

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1927: Festival

Posted on February 2, 2020 by corvusfugit

Maruja Mallo: La Verbena [The Festival] (1927)

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1964: The Street

Posted on January 28, 2020 by corvusfugit

Romare Bearden: The Street (1964)

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370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself

Posted on January 26, 2020 by corvusfugit

The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading →