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Tag Archives: Art
1390: And the Books Were Opened
Jacobello Alberegno’s polyptych of the Apocalypse was originally part of a much larger set of artworks in the church of the Benedictine convent of San Giovanni Evangelista on the Venetian island of Torcello; it is now on display in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, Angels, Art, Books, Christianity, Cryptids, Hell, Italy, Jacobello Alberegno, Painting, Religion
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1808: Portrait of a Horse’s Ass
Henry Raeburn: Portrait of George Harley Drummond (ca. 1808–9); “It is curious…that the animal’s hindquarters should be so prominently displayed” says the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Tagged 19th Century, Animals, Art, George Harley Drummnd, Great Britain, Henry Raeburn, Horses, Mammals, Painting, Portraits, Scotland
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1750: First Sleep, Second Sleep
That dreaming is a less sound species of sleep, appears from the familiar fact, which has probably been observed by every individual; viz. that the first sleep is much freer from it than the second. We retire to rest, fatigued … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, 19th Century, A. Roger Ekirch, Abraham Rees, Africa, Art, Dreams, France, Homer, Painting, Sleep, Virgil
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1959: Satchmo Talking
Collages by jazz great Louis Armstrong, mostly done on reel-to-reel tape boxes. Dates on the newspapers used range from 1959 to 1971, the year of his death. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Collage, Duke Ellington, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Music, Sports
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1932: New Art Saves Strange Beasts
A headline from this article in Popular Science Monthly, January 1932:
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Mammals, Museums, Rhinoceroses, Science, USA, Zebras
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1969: Better Than Those Motherfuckers
Wadsworth Jarrell: Compared to What – I Am Better Than Those Motherfuckers and They Know It (1969) My painting Compared to What: I Am Better Than Those Motherfuckers and They Know It was critiqued. The form consists of graffiti-style words … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, African-Americans, Art, Music, Painting, The Beatles, USA, Wadsworth Jarrell
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1895: Long Beach
George Howell Gay: Surf, Long Beach, Rockport; I made up the date.
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, George Howell Gay, Painting, Seascapes, USA
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1955: Tomorrow is Never
Kay Sage: Tomorrow is Never (1955) DESTINY If I turn back at least I shall not have the sun in my face. But then there will always be the long shadow of myself before me.
1874: Seascape
Alfred Thompson Bricher: Seascape (1874)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Art, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing, USA
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