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With her "serpentine dance" — a show of swirling silk and rainbow lights — Loie Fuller became one of the most celebrated dancers of the fin de siècle. Rhonda K. Garelick explores Fuller’s unlikely stardom and how her beguiling art embodied the era's newly blurred boundaries between human and machine. …more
Today the Paris Catacombs are illuminated by electric lights and friendly guides.…more
While nowadays he might be best known for the cut of meat…more
When the existence of unicorns, and the curative powers of the horns…more
From gift-bestowing sparrows and peach-born heroes to goblin spiders and dancing phantom…more
A selection of D. A. Rovinskiĭ’s collection of lubki — colorful Russian prints from the 16th…more
Lorenz Stoer’s wildly imaginative depictions of polyhedral shapes and fantastical ruins intended…more
Watercolours from an early twentieth-century book of spells depicting Persian demons associated…more
An illustrated collection of murder tales from the early 17th century, including the basis for the…more
A lively travelogue by William Wordsworth’s daughter Dorothy, recording her observations of…more
A collection of tales told by the Tlingit people of southeastern coastal…more
Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was one of the most influential Post-Impressionist artists whose experimental use of color and stark contrasts spearheaded the Synthetism movement, which regarded form and color as equally important.Read more
Celebrate Halloween this year with our Vintage Halloween collection. Perfect your ghostly greetings with these seriously spooky illustrations we have made free to download under the CC0 license.Read more
Very early animation in which puppets get up to various routines, including wrestling, fencing, and what…more
Experimental film from Alexander Hammid (and possibly also Maya Deren) exploring the…more
Having gorged himself on Welsh Rarebit — melted cheese on toast —…more
Recording by the legendary musicologist Alan Lomax of Abner Boggs singing a heartrending rendition of this…more
Version from Olive Kline and Elsie Baker of one of the most…more
Songs from Shakespeare plays as recorded by Victor in the first two…more
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