Carracci, AnnibaleSt. Jerome1973.057.001 Period Late 16th - Early 17th Century Object Name print Object Type intaglio Medium etching Support paper Height 26 Width 19.4 Culture Italian Subject biblical saint St. Jerome Credit Dr. Gustav and Marie Schilder Collection …
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America Online announced this week that it has stoppeddevelopment on the once wildly popular browser, Netscape.Ten years ago, in the Web-browsing world, Netscape wasThe Bomb! People loved Netscape. It was the first realWeb Browser that had a simple interface and was generallyfun to use. I, like many at that…
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First: Amanda Browder and guest host Tom Sanford talk to New
York Gallerist Leo Koenig.From the Leo Koenig Site:Leo Koenig opened his gallery in 1999 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
There, he presented both promising young talent and established, historically
significant artists. Within a year, the gallery moved to Manhattan, first to a space in Tribeca,…
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Well, this is it folks — 1000 consecutive days, and now it’s time for a (small) break. I suspect the next posting will occur either on Thursday or Friday this week, so BPotD won’t be gone for too long. I thought I’d share a photograph from the home of my youth…
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The Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec launched a new digital collection of maps called America, 1500-1800 in support of its book La mesure d’un continent: atlas historique de l’Amerique du Nord, 1492-1814 (Mapping a Continent: Historical Atlas of North America, 1492-1814, 02007) and the exhibition Ils ont cartographié l’Amérique. America,…
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Goltzius, HendrikFame and History1981.224.017 Period late 16th century Date 1586 Object Name print Object Type intaglio Medium engraving Support cream coloured laid paper Height 37.2 Width 23.2 Culture Dutch Subject women Fame History myth symbol goat skull angel musical instrument horn Credit Gift of Mrs. Shireen Warner …
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The next clear night, go outside. Take a look skywards.What do you see? Do you see stars? Lots of stars…or just a few. Chances are, this time next year and everyyear afterward that sky will look different. Possiblyvery different. Depending on where you live, you…
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On the heels of the 5000th comment posted a couple days ago, today’s milestone achieved is the 1000th entry (on the 999th consecutive day, due to the double entry earlier this year). What better way to celebrate than with violets?For most of you, I’ll guess that you’ve never encountered violets that…
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