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Tag Archives: Art
1821: In Life the Firmest Friend
From a letter written by Percy Bysshe Shelley to Thomas Love Peacock, August 1821: Lord Byron gets up at two. I get up, quite contrary to my usual custom…at twelve. After breakfast, we sit talking till six. From six till … Continue reading
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12th Century: Monster
This illustration comes from a series of handscrolls telling the legends of the Shinto Kitano Tenjin Shrine, located in Kamakura, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, a 9th century scholar, poet, and statesman who came to be … Continue reading
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1957: Carburetor
Walter Tandy Murch: Carburetor (1957)
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Art, Canada, Machines, Painting, USA, Walter Tandy Murch
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1989: Walking House
Laurie Simmons: Walking House (1989)
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Tagged 1980's, 20th Century, Art, Houses, Laurie Simmons, Miniatures, Sculpture, USA, Women
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1932: Sunset
Charles Ernest Butler: Sunset at Low Tide, Westcliff on Sea (1932)
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1973: Literature
Nick Cardy: From Beyond the Unknown Vol. 1 #23 (August, 1973)
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Animals, Apes, Art, Books, Comics, Daniel Defoe, Herman Melville, Libraries, Mammals, Nick Cardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, USA
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1931: Seascape
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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