The so-called ‘Tellus’ relief from the Ara Pacis is my all time favourite relief. The details are mesmerising with so much layered symbolism built in from the infant twins to the vegetation.
The Augustan style often calls for abundance to be on full show and this relief captures that idea in spades.
A skilful and jaw-dropping relief not to be missed!
@bojacobs@histodons This made me remember the official at some public event to take input on mining, ate some yellowcake to show it was not dangerous. And I'm sure somebody has a link to a story about him, too.
Here's one Cambodian's verdict
"I’m a scholar of the political economy of Cambodia who, as a child, escaped the brutal Khmer Rouge regime with four siblings...
In both a professional and personal sense, I am aware of the near 50-year impact Kissinger’s policies during the Vietnam War have had on the country of my birth."
THEY KNOCK THIS GUY AS A MONSTER AND IGNORE THE PRESIDENTS AND ELECTED CONGRESS WHO FOLLOWED HIS ADVICE?. LMAO! AMERICA LOVES TO POINT OUT THE MONSTER AND NEVER HIS COHORTS AND APPROVERS?
@dbellingradt@histodons irgend eine Idee, wann dies passiert sein könnte? Gibt es ähnlich beraubte Sammelbände in der Sammlung oder ist dies ein Einzelfall?
7 October 1944 | Jewish prisoners of the Sonderkommando at the German Nazi camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau organized a revolt. They set crematorium IV on fire, causing serious damage, as well as attacked the SS men in the vicinity. 1/5
@xankarn@worldwarshistory@histodons I can't wrap my head around the idea that any history is "done" and should no longer be talked about or studied 🤷♀️
Agree. We hear, in some circles, the notion that discussions of past injustice are divisive or that they foist guilt unfairly onto the living.
I see it differently. What's divisive, I'd say, are the blockades that these people erect to prevent more conversation/contemplation.
Nor do I buy arguments about collective guilt. Engaging w historical injustice is abt weighing responsibilities of citizenship, not villifying the perps or their descendants.
OK, are there one or two classic books on the history of the US system of public schooling that I could look at? I know there's Katznelson's book from the 80s, and Neem Democracy's Schools more recently -- but this is from googling, not real research. @histodons#histodons
@ebrandom@histodons Hello! There are a couple I would recommend starting with Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars - it's a newer book but offers a really comprehensive overview.
@ebrandom@histodons If there's one "must read", it's probably Tyack's The One Best System. There are also some great texts that look at particular topics if there's something in particular you're looking for!
#OnThisDay in #history - in 1609, Judith Leijster was baptized in the #Netherlands - the daughter of a brewer, she likely started art lessons to help pay for her family's needs. By 1629, she'd painted her first known/signed work and by 1633 she was a member of the Haarlem Guild of St Luke (possibly the first woman member!). Well-respected by her contemporaries, she saw success in her lifetime, but she was forgotten, her works attributed to someone else, until 1893. #OTD#histodons@histodons
A youth holds a snake in their left hand and reaches towards another with their right. It’s not clear whether the snake to the right is biting the youth or the youth is holding the snake by the jaw…
One of the biggest mysteries I am having right now is the #mixtec#sabre
Every #mesoamerica or #aztec#history person I ask have either never seen this thing or only seen it shown in Mixtec codices and certain papers call it a sabre.
Mexicolore has a panel of experts and said they know nothing about it.
Codices often represent real weapons in them, but they can also be symbolic of something else.
Does anyone know more about this design of #sword ?
This is a recreation from a forum post that is now gone. The only image left is the page from Mexicolore, who do have experts but they have been wrong before.
I would love to have ballistic gel and test it out if I had the resources to make this.
@9Wind@histodons@academicchatter
You could experiment with a watermelon & glass chips affixed to straight & curved plywood 'swords.' My guess is you'd get a lot deeper cut with the curved blade & it would be less likely to get stuck.
"John Stuart Mill, author of “On Liberty”, was a philosopher, economist, member of the Liberal Party, and the first MP to call for women’s suffrage. Here's his passport from our archives for #EYAUnique"
Extrait du plan scénographique de #Lyon, réalisé aux environs de 1548-1553 : ce plan, gravé et rehaussé à la gouache, est composé de 25 planches qui, une fois assemblées, mesurent 220 x 170 cm.
Conservé aux #ArchivesDeLyon (cote 2SAT 3), il est unique par bien des aspects : un seul exemplaire, commanditaire et destinataire inconnus, 4050 immeubles, 440 personnnages, tout un bestiaire...