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Patriotism and Patronage: Art in the Second World War
While art is always an integral part of a nation's culture and identity, it is even more so the case during wartime. One could argue that World War II in particular utilized artists, historians, ar...
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Origins, Evolution, and Iconography of Stained Glass - The Poor Mans Bible
While we typically associate stained glass with religion, it has been an art form since ancient times, with some of the earliest examples of colored glass beads dating from about 3000 B.C.E. found...
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Mark Tochilkin and Artist Repression in the Soviet Union
Artist Mark Tochilkin, born in 1958, was born in present day Ukraine, and grew up in the Soviet Union. While he displayed a propensity for art very early on, the Soviet Union was far from being a f...
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Utopian Communities and Decorative Arts - Studio Alchimia
While not exactly 'Utopian', Studio Alchimia was a collective of Italian radicals that used design as a means to combat inequality and consumerism in the second half of the 20th century. As a precu...
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Fern Coppedge & The Philadelphia Ten
Fern Coppedge knew from an early age that she was different. The snowy Pennsylvania landscapes that she is best known for were always, to her, accurate representations of the deep purples, blues, ...
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