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"The revolution is over. I am the revolution."
🇫🇷 #OnThisDay in #History 9 November 1799, #NapoleonBonaparte staged his famous 18th Brumaire coup. Audacious yet bloodless, the coup resulted in #Napoleon seizing dictatorial powers as First Consul of France.
This week's @NewYorker cover, “America in Line,” by Barry Blitt.
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#OnThisDay in #Art #History 1 November 1512, #Michelangelo's sublime ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, the result of four years of back-breaking work, were first revealed to an astonished public. Standing beneath them gazing up is an awe-inspiring experience. #Art #Painting
#OnThisDay in #Film #History 31 October 1945, #AlfredHitchcock's classic noir mystery SPELLBOUND, starring Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman, was released. Hitchcock famously collaborated with #SalvadorDali to create the film's surreal dream sequence. Quite the pair.
"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths." ✒ Professor #JosephCampbell, author of "The Hero With A Thousand Faces", passed away #onthisday 31 October 1987. #Myth #Literature
"I believe in deeply ordered chaos." 🎨 The great painter #FrancisBacon was born #onthisday 28 October 1909. #Art #Painting
"I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works." 👑 #AlfredTheGreat, King of Wessex and the Anglo-Saxons, passed away #onthisday 26 October 899 AD. #History