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hindsight is a rear-view mirror
and sometimes the small print on that mirror reads, “objects appear larger than they really are.” Disrupting the natural course of history… …Historians know that at times the change was fuzzier, less immediate, and they tend to seize on the … Continue reading
wedgewood : sunshine on the village green
Wedgewood and his friends. The were the most brilliant group in England, and quite possibly the most eccentric. Some are forgotten today- but some of them changed the world. Josiah Wedgewood was born in the Staffordshire village called Burslem in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Seward, Erasmus Darwin, James Watt, John Flaxman, Joseph Priestly, Josiah Wedgewood, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Bolton, Portland Vase Wedgewood, Ray Davies, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, The Kinks, Thomas Day
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Lookin’ back: samples of historic surprises
Arguments, of course, can be used to diminish the surprise and make it easier to understand the growth of both Islam and Christianity. The rise of Christianity has been explained by the economic and social fears of the late Romans, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolition of slavery, Charlie Chaplin, Josiah Wedgewood, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oscar Nemon sculptor, Paolo Veronese, Paolo Veronese The Marriage at Cana, Sigmund Freud, The rise of science, Von Neumann EDVAC, Von Neumann UNIVAC
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PASSION FOR POMPEII: “RANDY FOR ANTIQUE”
It was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. Pompeii. When the ruins came to light, beginning in 1747, they caused a revolution in taste- stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure , and leaving a deposit of … Continue reading
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POMPEII: Gods Indifferent To The Power of Prayer
When the ruins came to light, they caused a revolution in taste-stripping away rococo gilt, reshaping the female figure, and leaving deposit of pseudo-Greek temples from Moscow to Mississippi- although what sometimes passed for “classical” would have bewildered the ancients. … Continue reading
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