AvatarLorenzo22 hours agoThe New York Public Library Presents an Archive of 860,000 Historical Images: Download Medieval Manuscripts, Japanese Prints, William Blake Illustrations & Moreopenculture.com - Colin MarshallBack when we last featured the New York Public Library’s digital collections in 2016, they contained about 160,000 high-resolution images from …
AvatarLorenzoLet Yourself Be Mesmerized By Swirls of Paint Set to Classical Musicmentalfloss.com - Michele DebczakSet to Chopin’s Nocturne Op., 9 No. 2, this video features blobs of color swirling through glittery scenes. Artist Thomas Blanchard uses paint, oil, …
AvatarLorenzoThese Rare Daguerrotypes Are the Earliest Surviving Photos of Iran in the 1850sverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Margherita ColeWhen photography was still in its infancy, an Italian recorded what some of Iran's most spectacular sights in rare daguerreotypes. Luigi Pesce, a colonel from Italy, traveled to Iran to train infantry units in 1848. While there, his enthusiasm for photography led him to travel across the country …
AvatarLorenzoAI imagines what Americans in all 50 states look like using stereotypical European viewsdailymail.co.uk - Stacy LiberatoreMost Europeans have a unique idea about what Americans look like in each US state, and artificial intelligence has brought these views to life in …
AvatarLorenzo‘Lost In History’: 50 Photos That Might Change How You See The Past (New Pics)boredpanda.com - Jonas Grinevičius, Vėja ElkimavičiūtėIt’s not just dusty old books that lend us insights into the past. Photography can be an incredible tool when helping us understand the context of …
AvatarLorenzoWatch ‘phenomenal stampede’ of sea creatures in California. ‘One for the books’sacbee.com - Moira RitterExperts working at Dana Wharf Whale Watching in California are no strangers to exceptional wildlife encounters. But on a recent excursion, naturalists …