Tag Archives: Art

1785: Museum

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sarah Stone: Perspective interior view of Sir Ashton Lever’s Museum in Leicester Square, London March 30 1785

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1910: Harbor

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Unknown Brooklyn photographer: Steamer in New York Harbor (c. 1910-20); found on PhotoSeed.

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1886: The Strike

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Robert Koehler: The Strike (1886) The Strike spoke to issues of urgent concern on both sides of the Atlantic—issues that remain timely even today. From the painting’s debut and initial reception against a fevered background of seething ferment among industrial … Continue reading →

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1874: Capital and Labor

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henry Stacy Marks: Capital and Labor (1874) In 1871, the Trade Union Act decriminalized trade unions in Great Britain: The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to … Continue reading →

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1904: Sunset

Posted on October 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Sunset Over the Marshes (1890-1904)

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1881: Tintagel

Posted on October 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Tintagel (1881)

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2004: Diane Abbott MP

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Stuart Pearson Wright: Diane Abbott MP (2004); in 1987, Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament. See a video of her talking about this portrait here.

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2001: Crying Landscape

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Yang Jiechang: Crying Landscape: Three Gorges Dam (2002)

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1935: Waves

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Constantin Westchiloff: Rolling Waves. The painting is undated; Westchiloff immigrated to the United States in 1935 and lived in New York City

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2014: Interwoven with Others

Posted on October 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

In a 2014 study, Tanya Luhrmann found that when people hear voices in their heads, the personae and tone of those voices are shaped by culture; in the United States, the voices are threatening and severe, but in Africa and … Continue reading →

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