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“Ma’ali Mian Saif al-Mulk Being Shown Some Jewels.” . Venkatchellam. Hydbd., 1795. David Colln.
“Ma’ali Mian was the only son of Aristu Jah, prime minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad, Ali Khan Asaf Jah (1761-1803).”
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On all levels except physical I’m a rich independent Parisian courtesan in the 17th century who hosts gatherings to discuss the literary arts with my intellectual lovers.
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Lutz Bacher, Appropriated Celestial Photographs, (2012)
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when megan fox said “my tit” (as her dying words) on Jennifer’s Body it changed the entire cinematic experience after 2009. no other movie had captured the millennial death experience better. in this essay I will-
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ah yes, david bowie is dead so now is the perfect time to score some InternetProgressive™ points and start bringing up reasons why Your Fave Is Problematic based on rumours, hearsay, and dumb shit he said when he was on a lot of drugs several decades ago that he’s since apologized for. he meant a lot to a lot of people, especially those coming to terms with being Different in terms of gender or sexuality and stuff, so can u just fuck right off with that whilst people are mourning.
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Kurdish girl with AK rifle, in 1979, to protect her family from Northern Iraqi soldiers attempting to implement the Ba'ath Party’s “Colonial Arabization” campaign.
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Sati - Nandlal Bose - Kokka Japanese woodblock print
“An important factor that shaped Neo-Bengal ideology was its association with the Japanese art critic and scholar Okakura who advocated Pan-Asianism as a means of resisting western imperialism. Among his Pioneering efforts to further the study of oriental art and foster cooperation across Asia was publishing Kokka, a magazine dedicated to art. The magazine’s uniqueness was in its high quality woodblock prints of art works. Featured here is a Kokka woodblock print of Nandalal Bose’s well- known painting Sati. Prints such as these were made for the exhibitions held at the Indian Society of Oriental Art,” via Piramal museum of art.
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Fall of the Damned (Detail), 1620.
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