From the screenshot of one of his productions above, you may be able to make out the book’s author: Count Michael Maier, whose more famous emblem bookAtalanta FugiensDaniel E. Kelm transformed into the Möbius versionNeo Emblemata Nova. Further Reading “Alphabets Alive! – The ABCs of Fo...
My grandma was Austro-Polish and was in a labour camp during the Second World War before she moved to England, so that personal connection, in a way, to it I think has just made me more interested. It’s the psychology that I struggle to understand more than anything. I also have an...
The ancient city of Babylon ( today's Iraq ) ruled the world in it's day just as Rome did in hers. Called "The Cradle of Civilization" it was the birthplace of our modern courts and justice system based upon the legendary "Code of Hammurabi" and boasted as it's showpiece one of the...
His contention is that year, when the first iron-hulled, steam powered, coal fueled merchant ship, the RMS Oceanic, began plying ocean trade routes, the world shifted from slow, incremental growth to rapid technological growth and ballooning wealth—a period often referred to as “the Great Acc...
Heroines of the Tudor Worldtells the stories of the most remarkable women from European history in the time of the Tudor dynasty, 1485-1603. These are the women who ruled, the women who founded dynasties, the women who fought for religious freedom, their families and love.Heroines of the Tu...
His son, Maharaja Manabendra Shah, father of the current Maharaja, took over from his father, but the changing face of post-freedom India, soon wiped out princely roles and the family turned to politics in order to keep alive their roots. ...
Keeping history alive Two young artists paint a replica cave of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province. Chinese young people work hard to protect and promote heritage 这些年轻人守护着祖国的文化遗产 On April 18 each year, people all over the wo...
The direct ___of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt. 正文 Section Ⅲ Discovering Useful Structures & Listening and Talking Ⅰ 单词拼写 [基础训练] 1.The blue of the sky melted into the green ___ (风景). 答案:landscape 2.He's not rich, but very ___ (大...
The future 3-time Heavyweight World Champion nearly missed the trip to Rome due to his fear of airplane travel; he insisted on bringing a parachute on the plane with him. On September 5, 1960, “The Greatest” proved his dominance in the Light Heavyweight Boxing Division by beating Zigzy ...
toppled. This was often done through the aforementioned scapegoating or through besmirching of their character. The punishments for Vestas put into this position were severe. Rules prevented Vesta’s from being killed or harmed but these restrictions were averted by effectively burying them alive.**...