Abigail Adams / Public Domain As state sponsored government art, stamps offer an incredibly rich visual resource....
Day: August 3, 2018
“She Who Points the Way.” Wall Fragment with the Virgin Mary and Coats of Arms, mid-1400s, made...
The Fashionable Science of Parlour Magic / British Library, Public Domain Challenging the idea of the 19th century...
Heinrich Leutemann [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons There’s a surprising amount in common between ancient ways of thinking about the future and the techniques we use...
David, The Love of Helen and Paris (detail), Wikimedia Commons Helen’s homecoming was on the surface successful, but there was...
A fragmented painting of a woman bearing offerings, from the Mycenaean palace at Tiryns. (Carole Raddato/Wikimedia Commons) Researchers found...