Sebastian Pether’s paintings sell easily these days. His impressive milky moon light and his watery water needs no sales patter. Unfortunately for Pether, that wasn’t the case whilst he was alive and kicking....
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Michael Sittow was born in Reval (now Tallinn) in Estonia in 1468 or 1469. He was the son of a wealthy artist and a Swedish-speaking Finn. His portraits, although very old indeed, have...
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The ancient Minoans were the first civilisation in Europe. They flourished from 2600 to 1400 BC. Hundreds of years before Greece took the reigns. Minoan society all but vanished from history, probably due...
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Starting a new job can be a daunting life event. All of a sudden there are a bunch of new people that you have to trick into liking you. You have to make...
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Recently I posted a video of a woman doing some Mongolian throat singing, otherwise known as polyphonic overtone singing. It was quite amazing. If you’ve not heard of throat singing before, it’s a Mongolian...
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Despite both Greek and Roman societies being more well-known, the Minoans easily predate them both. The Minoans are, in fact, the most ancient civilisation in Europe. Nowadays, it’s all about the Greeks and the Romans,...
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Arvo Pärt is a minimalist composer from Estonia who invented a composition style called Tintinnabuli. The style consists of two voices, or notes playing two separate melodies in time and in key with each other....
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In the 1930s, a group of workers on the Georgia Writers Project spent time interviewing elderly Negroes, living in the rural and archaic townships scattered around the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia. Most interviewees...
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Sun Ra was a Jazz band composer/bandleader from Alabama who claimed to be of the ‘Angel Race’ from Saturn. I’ve been hooked on this album of his for a few months: ...
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The following video features Anna-Maria Hefele, a self-proclaimed polyphonic overtone singer. She’s an incredibly talented lady, as you will see. Polyphonic overtone singing, also known as throat singing, originated in Mongolia and is now...
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