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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
8.23.2015

Ubi sunt and the snows of yesteryear

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from the vanitas series (2007) by Guido Mocafico (b. 1962), an Italian-Swiss photographer living in France. Song of Love , Giorgio d...
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11.25.2014

Hysterically Entertaining

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Hysterical yawning Nouvelle Iconographie de la Salpêtrière by Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot. Salpetriere was a major psychiatric hospita...
10.05.2014

King Charles's Head, Caesar's Wife, and Shared Knowledge

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In reading 19th century primary sources—diaries, poetry, essays, etc—I'm struck by how allusive the writing is. References to ...
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9.29.2014

Loaded Guns

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A Derringer engraved with Aesthetic Movement ornament by Otto Carter   Images from The Handy Book of Artistic Printing .    Aes...
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8.15.2014

Sexiest Men (no longer) Alive (UPDATE)

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Baron von Richthofen , c 1917 80 direct hits. Need I say more? Early aviator Harry Atwood , c 1910 Not exactly my type but f...
3.09.2014

B. de B. at the TDC

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B. de B. on view at the Type Directors Club through March see all the prints at www.b-de-b.com   B. de B. is a p...
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