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The Adventures and Experiences of the First Slovak Novel
about 11 hours ago
Partially banned upon publication and translated into English for the first time...
Vertiginous Accounts: Travels in the Air (1871 edition)
1 day ago
Expedition accounts of aeronauts bravely venturing into the heavens on hot-air balloons.
Birth of the Pearl (1901)
8 days ago
A "living picture" film staging Botticelli’s Birth of Venus with a twist.
The End of the World as We (Didn’t) Know It: Now and Then #5
14 days ago
A Rapture that wasn’t, in 2025 and 1844.
The Shadow of Desire: Painting the Origins of Art (ca. 1625–1850)
14 days ago
Paintings illustrating Pliny the Elders’ account of the origins of art.
“You Think Me a Bold Cheat”: Mary Carleton, Counterfeit Princess
21 days ago
Accused of posing as foreign royalty to lure her young suitor into...
A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities (1842)
21 days ago
A compilation of historical gifting traditions in England, with a focus on...
Ivan Aivazovsky’s Miniature Seascapes (ca. 1887)
27 days ago
Identical photographs of the artist, each with a unique miniature painting at...
The Cat’s Maew: Thai Treatise on Auspicious Felines (19th Century)
28 days ago
A manuscript that pairs illustrations of cats with poetic descriptions and notes...
Watching the World in a Dark Room: The Early Modern Camera Obscura
2 months ago
Centuries before photography froze the world into neat frames, scientists, poets, and...
Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago (1928)
2 months ago
A modernist manifesto inspired (controversially) by the Tupi people of Brazil.
Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598)
2 months ago
Commemorative featuring illustrations of pageants, costumes, and fireworks, later further illustrated by...