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I Grew Up Along Bangkok's Canals — Here's How Its Rich History Connects to the Forward-thinking City
Canals, or khlong, lace the land, as they have since the 15th century, when they were used to bring water ... Next was the ...
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Drawing the Italian Renaissance: Raphael never seemed so beautifully ordinary
This is the down-to-earth subject of a 15th-century sketch by an unidentified Florentine artist ... between 1450 and 1600, the 81 artists in this show deployed to astonishingly diverse effect. Sticks ...
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What Was the ‘Estrado’? An Enlightening New Show Explores the Female-Centric Home Gallery and Refuge
A Room of Her Own” at the Hispanic Society in New York showcases sacred Estrado spaces of upper-class women in the 15th-18th ...
French women had more power in the Middle Ages than after the revolution, historian says
The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were ...