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Tag Archives: Great Britain
2106: Transitional Object
In 2016, Cornelia Parker installed this replica of the house from Hitchcock’s Psycho on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city. It’s made from repurposed wood from a red barn; the title of the work … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Alfred Hitchcock, Architecture, Art, Conceptual Art, Cornelia Parker, Film, Great Britain, Houses, Museums, New York City, Psychology, Women
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1661: Elizabeth Russell
[———–] Russell, always known under the guise or habit of a woman, and answered to the name of Elizabeth, as registered in Streatham parish, Nov. 21, 1661, but at death proved to be a man. He was buried April 14th, … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 18th Century, Art, Christian Seybold, ELizabeth Russell, Germany, Great Britain, LGBT, Painting, Portraits, Women
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600 BC: How Can Someone Not Be Hurt and Hurt Again
πῶϲ κε δή τιϲ οὐ θαμέω̣ϲ̣ἄϲαιτ̣ο, Κύπρι, δέϲπ̣ ̣ο̣ιν̣ ̣’, ὄττινα [δ]η̣ ̀ φιλ̣́ ̣[ηϲι,] [κωὐ] θέλοι μάλιϲτα πάθα̣ν̣χ̣άλ̣[αϲϲαι;] [ποῖ]ον ἔχηϲθα [νῶν] ϲά̣ λοιϲί μ’ ἀλεμά̣τω̣ ̣ϲ̣ δ̣αιϲ̣̈́ δ̣ ̣[ην [ἰμέ]ρω⟨ι⟩ λύ{ι}̣ ϲαντι γ̣όν’ ωμε-̣ [x [ ̣ ̣ ̣] … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, 6th Century BC, 7th Century BC, Art, Diane Raynor, Great Britain, Greece, LGBT, Love, Painting, Poetry, Sappho, Simeon Solomon, Women
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1929: From a Paris Plane
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson: From a Paris Plane (1929)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Aviation, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, France, Great Britain, Paris, Printmaking
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1922: Description of a Demon
The hum of talk drowned the words, but leaning forward Lessingham saw where the arras curtains behind the dais parted for a moment, and one of princely bearing advanced past the high seats down the body of the hall. His … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Books, Demons, E. R. Eddison, Great Britain, Novels
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1939: The History of Spitting
The pioneering sociologist Norbert Elias published The Civilizing Process in 1939 with the aim of tracing how Europeans came to imagine what it meant to be “civilized.” In the book, he argues that increasing interdependence in society—in which difference social … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 1930's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Books, Daniel Bowen, Germany, Great Britain, Manners, Norbert Elias, Photography, Sociology, Spitting
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1918: Bursting Shell
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson: Bursting Shell (1915)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, Great Britain, Painting, WWI
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