Tag Archives: Hungary

1964: Oh, My Mangled Head!

Posted on April 14, 2019 by corvusfugit

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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1895: A Park at Night

Posted on March 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

József Rippl-Rónai: Un parc la nuit (1895)

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2011: Tokyo

Posted on January 14, 2018 by corvusfugit

Levente Baranyai: Tokyo Diptych (2011)

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1890: Autumn

Posted on October 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

László Mednyánszky, Slushy Road, Autumn Field at Twilight (1890s)

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1910: Brochure

Posted on October 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mihály Bíró: brochure for the National Union of Hungarian Construction Workers (c. 1910); text in Romanian.

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1942: Ch for R1 Space Modulator

Posted on September 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

László Moholy-Nagy: Ch for R1 Space Modulator (1942)

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1965: Struggling from Darkness

Posted on July 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

If we approach the novel with one eye on the natural sciences today, we may say that it assembles its structure from…models of existence or reality in a manner that will hopefully be more true and more real than the … Continue reading →

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