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The Feast of the #Ass was a #medieval, Christian feast observed on 14 Jan celebrating #donkey-related stories in the #Bible
#SciArt from Schreber 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' https://t.co/9TjAPf3pQV
#library #rarebooks #OnThisDay #illustration #medievaltwitter
Remembering #AlbertLamorisse (Born: January 13, 1922-Died: June 2, 1970) #BornOnThisDay
Le ballon rouge or The Red Balloon (1956)
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Happy birthday Jack London! Born #onthisday in 1876, here he is captured 28 years later in his very-nearly birthday suit. Read more in @ResObscura's essay about the writer's last book to be published in his lifetime, The Star Rover: https://t.co/wAMGRYJHCJ #OTD
#HAL goes online #onthisday in 2001: A Space Odyssey. As ambitious and prophetic as the film that shared its inception, Arthur C. Clarke’s novel is a sci-fi classic. This Folio edition comes with a metallic slipcase, and is illustrated by @JOE_WILSON. https://t.co/02kWrbkKxx
The artist Parmigianino was born #OnThisDay in 1503. We have three paintings by him in our collection and two of these can be seen in Room 8: 'Portrait of a Collector' and The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine'. Learn more about them here: https://t.co/ppnmpRKq2X
#ArtHistory 1903
Barbara Hepworth was #bornonthisday in #Wakefield.
"The material has vitality - it resists and makes demands."
#art #artist #artists #sculptor #sculpture #modernart #fineart #abstractart #landscape #englishart #britishart #Yorkshire #artquotes #botd #discoverher
#Didyouknow the London Underground opened #onthisday in 1863?
This 1898 photo shows workers constructing the British Museum Station on the Central Line. The station remained in service until 1933 & was later used as a #WW2 air raid shelter.
See more here https://t.co/WRbAAAWa5k
John Lavery died at Rossenarra House, Co. Kilkenny #onthisday in 1941. A native of Belfast, he is remembered as one of 'The Glasgow Boys' and for his iconic portraits, including The Red Rose (1923) and The Widow (1921) currently on display in our Gibson Galleries (Floor 1). #Cork
The first underground railway in the world, the Metropolitan railway opened in London #onthisday 1863
Principal Sam's Calendar
January 10
On this day in 49 B.C., Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon...
#PrincipalSamsCalendar
#PrincipalSam
#OnThisDay
#Caesar
#Rubicon
It’s 90 years since #Tintin made his debut in “Tintin in the Land of the Soviets” on 10 January 1929! #OnThisDay @dailytelegraph
Simon Vouet was born #onthisday in 1590. Pictured here: "Model for Altarpiece in St. Peter's," Italy, Rome, 1625
#ArtHistory 1875
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, #sculptor, philanthropist and museum founder, was #bornonthisday in NYC.
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #sculpture #americanart
#botd #onthisday #otd #discoverher
#OnThisDay 9 January 1649 1st meeting of High Court of Justice to discuss procedure for trial of Charles I. 54 of 135 commissioners nominated attend, 4 lawyers named to conduct the prosecution: William Steele, Isaac Dorislaus, John Aske & John Cooke (pictured) 17thCentury #OTD
Jerzy Nowosielski, Polish painter, illustrator, designer & philosopher, was born #OnThisDay in 1923. His work was largely influenced by Russian iconography & the Byzantine style.
👉 https://t.co/qU5AdUSxoH
@Lynx_art @PLinSwitzerland @PlenDominicana @PLinJordan @PLinDenmark
"The frog came once more, and said,
'Open the door, my #princess dear,
...And mind the words that thou and I said
By the #fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.'"
It's the 234th birthday of #fairytales writer Jacob #Grimm, born #onthisday in 1785.
#BrothersGrimm #Folklore #otd
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice. T.S.Eliot
Also died #OnThisDay in 1965
#OnThisDay 48 years ago: @Fermilab's Cockcroft Walton Pre-Accelerator. This was where the accelerator beam started.