Hidden histories. In 2022, this phrase may bring to mind heated arguments at the National Trust, disputes over controversial statues, and the righteous efforts of campaigners and academics to write va...
06.24.2022 Theguardian.com and 3 sitesLONDON — The news sent tremors through Italy and the European continent: On April 6, 1520, Raphael — painter, draughtsman, architect, archaeologist and all-around genius — died suddenly at the age of ...
06.24.2022 Nytimes.com“She was the Jane Austen of the essay. That she is not so recognized is a great—and, one hopes, temporary—loss. ” So wrote John Lukacs, biographer and university professor, of Agnes Repplier more than...
06.23.2022 Theepochtimes.comJohn Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies , rev. ed. (London: Smith, Elder & Co. , 1871), pp. 19-20: There are masked words droning and skulking about us in Europe just now, — (there never were so many, owing to...
06.25.2022 Laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.comJohn Ruskin (1819-1900), Sesame and Lilies , rev. ed. (London: Smith, Elder & Co. , 1871), p. 17: [Y]ou must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable—nay, letter by letter. Related posts: Reading Slowly and Rereading Rereading Reading Books More Than Once Reading Quickly or Slowly # posted by Michael Gilleland @ 6: 21 AM
06.26.2022 Laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.comBy Mark Favermann Believe it or not, Boston — the home of stick in the mud, architectural and decorative conservatism — was the initial epicenter of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America. Originatin...
06.23.2022 Artsfuse.orgThe subjects of the British-born, Berlin-based multimedia artist Tacita Dean’s films have always had a distinctly Continental focus, from the former East Berlin television tower featured in Fernsehtur...
06.28.2022 Vervetimes.comLONDON – The news sent tremors through Italy and the European continent: On April 6, 1520, Raphael – painter, draughtsman, architect, archaeologist and all-around genius – died suddenly at the age of ...
06.26.2022 Jnews.ukLINCOLNTON – It’s not every day that a new courthouse opens in a county. The new Lincoln County Courthouse located on Justice Drive, behind the Lincoln County YMCA and the Lincoln County Health Depart...
06.24.2022 Lincolntimesnews.comFifteen senior pupils from Cartmel Priory School were given an insight into the hotel and catering trade during a visit to the Swan Hotel at Newby Bridge in 1988. They were among many Cumbrian youngsters who took part in the National Catering Careers...
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