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Tag Archives: Fire
1980: Burnt House
Robert Gober: Burnt House (1980)
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Tagged 1980's, 20th Century, Art, Fire, Houses, LGBTQ, Miniatures, Robert Gober, Sculpture, USA
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1858: The Austria
Josef Püttner: Sinking of the Emigrant Ship “Austria” on 13th September 1858 (1858)
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Art, Disasters, Fire, Germany, Josef Püttner, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing
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1871: The Burning Ship
Albert Bierstadt: The Burning Ship (ca 1871)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Albert Bierstadt, Art, Fire, Painting, Seascapes, Ships & Sailing, USA
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1900: Exploding Ship
Ivan Aivazovsky: Exploding Ship (1900). The painting is unfinished; Aivazovsky was painting it the day he died.
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Tagged Art, Disasters, Fire, Ivan Aivazovsky, Painting, Russia, Ships & Sailing
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1665: Pyrophylaciorum
Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Suberraneorum, quorum montes Vulcanii, veluti spiracula quaedam existant, an illustration from Athanasius Kircher’s 1665 Mundus Subterranous.
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Tagged 17th Century, Athanasius Kircher, Books, Fire, Geology, Italy, Volcanoes
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1938: Fire
Teresita Fernández: Fire (2005) Fire and heat provide modes of explanation in the most varied domains, because they have been for us the occasion for unforgettable memories, for simple and decisive personal experiences. Fire is thus a privileged phenomenon which … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, 2000's, 20th Century, 21st Century, Art, Books, Fire, France, Gaston Bachelard, Latino/as/x, Psychology, Teresita Fernández, Textiles, USA, Women
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1913: Christmas Massacre
In July, 1913 there were about 15,000 miners working for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company in several mines in Michigan’s northern peninsula—about 9,000 of them were members of the Western Federation of Miners. When the union demanded recognition, management … Continue reading
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Capitalism, Christianity, Fire, Labor, Mines, Music, Unions, USA, Woody Guthrie
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1989: The Great Fire of London
In this dream I was coming up out of the London tube. I was in a rush, under a gray rain. I was preparing myself for a new life, for a joyful freedom. And I had to fathom the dream’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1980's, 20th Century, Books, Fire, France, Great Britain, Jacques Roubaud, London, Natural Disasters, OULIPO, Samuel Rolle
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1991: The Life of the Mind
Joel and Ethan Coen, directors: Barton Fink (1991)
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Coen Brothers, Film, Fire, John Goodman, The Life of the Mind, USA
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1831: Bristol Burns
W. J. Müller: Bristol Burns (1831) Arising from the House of Lords’s rejection of a bill that would have increased representation in the House of Commons, the 1831 Bristol Riots were part of the long struggle for democracy in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1830's, 19th Century, Activism, Art, Democracy, Fire, Great Britain, Painting, Riots, Voting Rights, W. J. Müller
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