Tag Archives: Art

2018: The Sky

Posted on January 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

Yesterday’s sky. See more here.

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1957: Jaguar

Posted on January 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

Leslie Carr: D-Type Jaguar at Le Mans 1957 (1957)

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1958: Industrial Landscape

Posted on January 16, 2018 by corvusfugit

Harry Epworth Allen: Industrial Landscape, Hope Valley, Derbyshire (c. 1958)

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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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2011: Tokyo

Posted on January 14, 2018 by corvusfugit

Levente Baranyai: Tokyo Diptych (2011)

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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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1880: Dredging

Posted on January 12, 2018 by corvusfugit

John Twachtman: Dredging in the East River (c. 1880)

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2009: Prescription

Posted on January 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

Margaret Owen: Daily Painting #214 (2009) (source)

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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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