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A Lens on the Battlefield: Roger Fenton’s Pioneering Photographs of the Crimean War
When we flick through war photography now, we half expect raw, sometimes shocking snapshots of the front lines, muddy trenches,...


Why Babies In Medieval Paintings Look Like Middle-Aged Men
Strolling through any European art gallery that houses works from the Middle Ages to the early Renaissance, one cannot help but notice...


Emma Willard and Her Beautiful Historical Time Maps
In the mid-19th century, at a time when the United States was rapidly expanding its borders and solidifying its national identity, a...
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