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1919: At the Back of the North Wind
Jessie Willcox Smith: illustration for George MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind (1919)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Children, George MacDonald, Illustration, Jessie Willcox Smith, USA, Weather, Women
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1964: Oh, My Mangled Head!
In his book Alice in Many Tongues (1964), Warren Weaver spends the last chapter using a curious method to evaluate various translations of Alice in Wonderland. He takes the same passage from each translation—a portion of the Mad Tea-Party—and asks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Africa, Alice, Books, Children, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Language, Poetry, Poland, Russia, South America, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Translation, USA, Warren Weaver
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100 AD: Leucippus
Galatea, daughter of Eurytius, who was son of Sparton, married at Phaestus in Crete Pandion’s son, Lamprus, a man of good family but without means. When Galatea became pregnant, Lamprus prayed to have a son and said plainly to his … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Century, 5th Century BC, Antoninus Liberalis, Books, Children, Greece, LGBTQ, Mythology, Rome, Sculpture
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2017: Mural
Sam Rodriguez: Here & There (2017) “Recently, I completed the first of what I hope will be many projects here in my hometown of San Jose, California on 8th & Empire Streets….On this wall, there is a portrait of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Children, Latino/as/x, Murals, Painting, Sam Rodriguez, USA
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1797: Reading a Book
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson: Benoît Agnès Trioson Reading a Book (1797) Born Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy in 1767, Girodet suffered the death of his father in 1784 and his mother in 1787. Dr. Benoît-François Trioson, a close friend of his … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Art, Books, Children, Fathers, France, Melancholy, Mothers, Painting
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1879: Alice
George Dunlop Leslie: Alice in Wonderland (c. 1879) Alas! it was too late to wish that! She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 1870's, 19th Century, Alice, Art, Books, Children, George Dunlop Leslie, Great Britain, Lewis Carroll, Mice, Mothers, Novels, Painting, Rabbits, Women
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