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The Changing Interpretation of the Spanish Conquest in the Americas
The fall in 1519 of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica or Aztec Empire, as it was later called, laid the foundation for the Spanish colonial empire on the North American mainland. It was the first time that Europeans had subjugated a...
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Photorealistic Interpretation of Mary Tudor
This photo-realistic interpretation of Queen Mary I of England reconstructs her appearance based on contemporary artworks. Made using Artbreeder, an AI powered neural network.
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Grief & Consolation in Chaucer's Book of the Duchess
In Geoffrey Chaucer's first major work, The Book of the Duchess (c. 1370 CE), two genres of medieval literature are combined – the French poetic convention of courtly love and the high medieval dream vision – to create a poem of enduring...
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Dream of Solomon
A 17th century CE oil painting by Luca Giordano titled 'The Dream of Solomon' depicting the moment God gives the king of Israel his legendary wisdom.
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Jacob's Dream at Bethel by Raphael
Jacob's Dream at Bethel, fresco by Raphael (1483-1520).
Vatican Palace.
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Mongyudowondo (Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land)
Mongyudowondo (Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land), painting by An Gyenon, 1447 CE.
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Queen Maya's Dream Is Explained
Queen Maya’s dream is explained, stone relief from the Gandhara region, modern-day Pakistan, circa 100-300 CE.
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
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Medieval Literature
Medieval literature is defined broadly as any work written in Latin or the vernacular between c. 476-1500, including philosophy, religious treatises, legal texts, as well as works of the imagination. More narrowly, however, the term applies...
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[The Greatest Chinese Literature] The Dream of the Red Chamber Book I, Part 1 (by Xueqin Cao)
The main text starts at 1:18 mark. This book is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, and considered the greatest of them all. This book is truly epic in its scope, diverse and deep characters and delivery. If you want to try the...
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Nanshe
Nanshe (also known as Nanse, Nazi) is the Sumerian goddess of social justice and divination, whose popularity eventually transcended her original boundaries of southern Mesopotamia toward all points throughout the region in the 3rd millennium...