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Mathenge, who was born in Nairobi, looks to the not-so-distant past in a series of paintings called 'Re-membering.' Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Wangari Mathenge’s…
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Paintings illustrating Pliny the Elder’s account of the origins of art.
From The Public Domain Review
In 1899, Charles Godfrey Leland published Aradia, “the gospel of the witches”, containing a goddess-orientated creation and saviour narrative, purported to descend from an ancient, hermetic tradition of witchcraft in Italy. A. D. Manns explores this text via an enchanting conjecture: that the…
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After 17 years, Foursquare’s ending is written. Writing this to share my opinions & frustrations with the final years of the company, and to honor the team who helped build & maintain FSQ’s legacy.
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A research catalogue of traditional attributions, anonymous writers, and later compositions Yes. This is an important companion to the biblical […]
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seven companies published eight papers between them, and the arithmetic worked because the tokyo shimbun comes off the chunichi's tokyo presses. they put their local news on one shared domain in 1998 and kept it there for nineteen years, straight through the arrival of the kyodo-backed portal that…
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The Schleswig Wars in the mid-19th century stemmed from nationalism rather than legal complexities. Denmark sought to centralize control over Schleswig-Holstein, home to many German speakers. This led to conflicts driven by both Danish and German nationalism, with superficial legal disputes serving…
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Captain(Korvettenkapitän)Werner Lott was commander of U-35 from 15 August 1937 until 29 November 1939.He sank 4 ships and damaged one. You often hear about war crimes committed by the German armed forces, but there were also acts of decency. Around 15.40 on 3 Oct, 1939, the Greek freighter…
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'Six Themes' at Paula Cooper Gallery celebrates the artist's seminal sculptures. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Revisit Claes Oldenburg’s Seminal ‘Six Themes’ 50 Years…
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DIESEL THE MAGUS: THE FATHER OF AŠA AND THE REOPENING OF DIVINE HISTORY I. INTRODUCTION AND COGNITIVE RE-ORIENTATION The academic […]
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