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Hannah Arendt was born #OnThisDay in 1906. A German Jew who escaped to the US in 1941 and became an American, she was known for the concept of the “banality of evil”- that wrong can be perpetrated by ordinary citizens, a realization that demands our constant vigilance.
Born #OnThisDay in 1633: #JamesII, King of England Ireland, #JamesVII of Scotland (1633-1701)
Portrait by an Unknown artist, ca. 1690
#Stuart
Born #OnThisDay in 1633: #JamesII, King of England Ireland, #JamesVII of Scotland (1633-1701)
Portrait by #GodfreyKneller (1646-1723), 1684
#Stuart
Born #OnThisDay in 1633: #JamesII, King of England Ireland, #JamesVII of Scotland (1633-1701)
Portrait by #JohnMichaelWright (1617-94), 1660-5
#Stuart
Fought #OnThisDay 13 Oct 1812 The Battle of Queenstown Heights
Fought between US forces vs British regulars, militia & Mohawk warriors, led by Major General Isaac Brock who was killed.
The battle was a failed attempt by the US to establish a foothold north of the Niagara River.
Happy 6th Anniversary of Gravity Falls episode “Dipper and Mabel vs the Future” 🌲❤️🎉 it aired on @DisneyXD in October 12, 2015 🌳💕🎊 I Love how Mabel makes plans for her and Dipper's 13th birthday party. 💙🎂❤️ #GravityFalls #OnThisDay https://t.co/65DXnZ3VH5
Jean-Antoine Watteau was born #OnThisDay in 1684. He was one of the most influential French painters of his time and he invented a type of painting known as the 'Fête Galante' - pictures exploring the psychology of love. 'The Scale of Love' is one of them: https://t.co/AaQbWtTVOo
Born #OnThisDay in 1537: #EdwardVI, King of England (1537-53), son of #HenryVIII & #JaneSeymour
Portrait attributed to #WilliamScrots (active 1537-53), ca. 1547-51
#Tudor #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1537: #EdwardVI, King of England (1537-53), son of #HenryVIII & #JaneSeymour
Portrait attributed to #WilliamScrots (active 1537-53), ca. 1546
#Tudor #ChildrenInArt
#OnThisDay in 1868 the Brighton #TurkishBaths opened in West St—designed by Freemason architect Horatio Nelson Goulty for the Brighton Turkish Bath Co Ltd whose secretary & all its original directors were also Masons. https://t.co/S0aaHjg6kG. In 1909 it became the Academy cinema.
Born #onthisday1781 William Westall English #landscape #artist best known for being one of 1st artists to work in Australia Sir Joseph Banks recruited Westall as #landscape & #figure #painter under Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator voyage of exploration Admiralty commissioned
According to artist Barend Koekkoek nature is perfect. He was born #onthisday in 1803. Here you see two of his great paintings: summer and winter landscape.
#DidYouKnow the world mourned the death of #ChristopherReeve, star of four #Superman films, #OnThisDay October 10, 2004. He was only 52.
Born #OnThisDay in 1917: English painter #JohnStantonWard (1917-2007)
Portrait of Sir Roger Bannister (°1929), 1987
#Ward #BritishArt
Pembroke College, University of Oxford
#OnThisDay 1992 : The first edition of Gladiators (UK version) was broadcast on ITV. The first run series ran until 2000.
So who was your favourite Gladiator name or better still... if you could make up a made up Gladiator name, what would it be?
#90s
#DidYouKnow the world mourned the death of #ChristopherReeve, star of four #Superman films, #OnThisDay October 10, 2004. He was only 52.
#OnThisDay 9 October 1643 Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Manchester, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were besieging Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
BornOnThisDay
"Dog and Priest"
Alex Colville (Canadian, 1920 - 2013)
Date: 1978
Style: Contemporary Realism
Genre: genre painting
What better way to celebrate Munnings’ birthday #BornOnThisDay 1878 than being at the preview of Laura Knight: A Panoramic View @MK_Gallery. A fabulous show which includes our beautiful lampshade decorated by Laura for Munnings in 1919. Thanks to all in MK for a wonderful day.
#onthisday in Naples in 1858 was born Vincenzo Migliaro, a master painter who captured life in Naples and the Amalfi coast. He was also one of the first to be displayed at the Biennale of Venice