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An Intricately Illustrated 19th-Century Study of Global Fashions

by Carey Dunne July 22, 2016July 22, 2016

In 1876, French scholar and artist Auguste Racinet published Le Costume historique (The Costume History), an illustrated sartorial tour throughout world history.

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The Daring, “Degenerate” Book Jackets of the Weimar Republic

by Carey Dunne March 23, 2016March 22, 2016

Weimar book artists mashed up the styles of new art movements — Expressionism, New Objectivity, Constructivism, plus photography — to design unique and politically provocative covers and jackets.

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Photochroms Capture Belle Époque Germany in Color

by Carey Dunne March 8, 2016March 11, 2016

Whether it offers an image of a sun-drenched beach or a pristine ski slope, the picture-postcard has become a photographic genre unto itself, synonymous with escapist fantasy.

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The Dark, Enchanted Worlds of Illustrator Kay Nielsen

by Carey Dunne February 22, 2016February 19, 2016

Whether or not you know it, you’ve probably seen Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen’s work before.

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Cultural Differences Between East and West, Reduced to Pictograms

by Carey Dunne February 19, 2016February 29, 2016

When graphic designer Yang Liu moved from Beijing to Berlin at age 13, she found herself in culture shock.

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Communist China’s Cheery Propaganda Posters

by Carey Dunne January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

In the thousands of propaganda posters produced in China between the birth of the People’s Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s, the beaming face of Chairman Mao Zedong watches over a surreal utopia.

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Before Google Earth: A Rare Cartographic Compendium From Renaissance Europe

by Carey Dunne January 11, 2016January 15, 2016

Long before the ubiquity of Google Maps, these colorful engravings, produced between 1572 and 1617, comprised the world’s most accurate and elaborate collection of urban cartography ever made.

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Annie Leibovitz, Wu-Tang Clan, and the Aura of Expensive Art

by Jillian Steinhauer April 22, 2014April 21, 2014

Photographer Annie Leibovitz’s latest work of art is a book — a book that measures more than two feet high, runs to 476 pages, and comes with its own tripod, designed by Marc Newson.

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Renaissance Art of the End Times Revealed in Rediscovered Apocalyptic Book

by Allison Meier January 21, 2014January 24, 2014

In 1533, hundreds of dragons were reported to darken the skies over Bohemia, following a 1506 sighting of a blinding bright comet slicing over the sky. Were these foreboding occurrences signs of the apocalypse, or just a lot of Renaissance hearsay?

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