Frances Wilson review's our project for a feature in this week's Times Literary Supplement
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Frances Wilson review's our project for a feature in this week's Times Literary Supplement
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2021/11/tls-review
These designs capture a period of cultural change in Japan, when the kimono became increasingly associated with national mythmaking and tradition.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/unkindo-kimono-designs
Mellan's pièce de résistance: an engraving of Christ incised with a single, spiralling line.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/mellan-sudarium-of-saint-veronica
William Baillie-Grohman’s text on the art of hunting reproduces 243 illustrations and 400 years of arcane knowledge related to the pursuit of animals.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sport-in-art
Can a person’s experiences on earth alter how they perceive the stars? Lauren Collee peers through the telescope of Anton Pannekoek, the Dutch astronomer whose politics informed his human approach to studying the cosmos.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/marxist-astronomy-the-milky-way-according-to-anton-pannekoek
The final plate from London: A Pilgrimage — a striking vision of a visitor sketching a capital in ruins.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dore-new-zealander
Ten folktales, translated from Swahili by George W. Bateman, showcasing the rich tradition of storytelling in Zanzibar.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/zanzibar-tales
From the mythical Sandman, who participates in dream and vision, to an irritating grain lodged in the beachgoer’s eye, sand harbours unappreciated power, however mundane. Steven Connor celebrates this “most untrustworthy” type of matter.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dust-that-measures-all-our-time
Set of prints which sort mushrooms found in France and elsewhere into three classes: edible, suspect, and poisonous.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/atlas-des-champignons
John MacGregor’s four “views” of Mont Blanc, printed in color by George Baxter, reveal a different side of the mountain when compared to well-known Romantic depictions.
Source: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/mont-blanc-ascent