Geschichte-Wissen

Portrayal of the Crucifixion of Christ in a 12th century manuscript binding by Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland http://flic.kr/p/e6imBh

Maison Carrée #arch101 #nemasus #ancientrome #france (at Maison Carrée)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) was a French academic painter. His themes were mainly mythological, executed in the Realist style with an emphasis on the female human body.

“They decided to hide it, pulled it out of the ground with a tractor, while aggressively damaging it, concealed it beneath a stack of sheet metal and boards and poured a concrete floor in the lot so as to conceal any evidence of the existence of the antiquities site.” Read more.

For heaven’s sake, Diane, keep yourself together. Photo of Rollins College students showing their support for Richard Nixon’s 1960 campaign for President via the Rollins College Department of Art and Art History Digital Image Collections

This is a happy group of men! Wonder what was in those cups… Headquarters Battery 15th Field Artillery at Corpus Christi Texas in July 1935. 

For her entry into the biannual Sculpture by the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark, Swedish artist Susanna Hesselberg installed this ominous library that plumments into the ground like a mining shaft. While visually arresting, the piece has a somewhat somber intention. Titled “When My Father Died It Was Like a Whole Library Had Burned Down,” the artwork makes reference to lyrics from Laurie Anderson’s song World Without End. The piece joins an additional 55 sculptures on display right now at the 2015 Sculpture by the Sea through July 5, 2015. (via Hyperallergic)

58 years today

Only 41 percent of American adults believe the shooter at Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, S.C. should be charged with terrorism, according to a CNN and ORC International poll.