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Heavenly Visions: The American Shakers Use of Word, Image, and Song as Documented by Shaker Scribes
Heavenly Visions - The American Shakers Use of Word, Image, and Song as Documented by Shaker Scribes The history of American Christian...
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Dec 30, 20239 min read
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Facing East: Calligraphic Practices and their Relationships to Mizrah, Ad Orientem, and Qibla
Facing East: Comparing Calligraphic Practices and their Relationships to Mizrah, Ad Orientem, and Qibla Over millennia, the Abrahamic...
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Dec 21, 202323 min read
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Arcadia and Manifest Destiny: the Shape of Muscular Christianity and Teddy Bear Patriarchy
As the foreboding hyperobject of climate change barrels toward humanity, we have simultaneously begun to understand the tremendous...
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Dec 6, 202314 min read
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Toile de Jouy: Relationships of Power and Hierarchy in Connection to Staffage and Consumerism
“Toile de Jouy: Relationships of Power and Hierarchy in Connection to Staffage and Consumerism" The height of the 18th century into the...
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Dec 6, 202317 min read
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Labor Propaganda of the Ferme Ornée and Toile de Jouy Print: Images in the Art Institute of Chicago
#theartinstituteofchicago #fermeornee #aic #propaganda #labor #toiledejouy While both occupy the same spaces, the landowner and laborer...
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May 18, 202213 min read
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Procrustes' Death Bed
“Procrustes, said to be the son of Poseidon , had an iron bed on which he compelled his victims to lie. Here, if a victim was shorter...
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Aug 1, 20207 min read
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