The Cranky Professor

Western Civilization - you know, it's always about to end.

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Red House (1859-60) in Bexleyheath, England, by Philip Webb for William Morris. Photo from July 2025.

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Hans Nikolaj Hansen (1853-1923), Circe forvandler Odysseus mænd til svin, 1902

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made you some graphics to help you remember

[thecrankyprofessor]

Visiting fam in Chattanooga - we went to a minor league game in the brand new Erlanger Park. This was built over the ruins of what used to make Chattanooga one of those Pittsburghs of the South - massive foundries. The main one taken down to build the new park made brake components for General Motors.

The architects did interesting work mixing rescued industrial ruins, refurbished, and new construction.

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Poe Returning to Boston is a statue of American author Edgar Allan Poe in Boston, Massachusetts. It was created by American sculptor Stefanie Rocknak.

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Strikingly lifelike mid-13th century sculptures by the anonymous sculptor known as the Naumburg Master

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The Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field with the University of Pittsburgh’s cathedral of learning in the background, probably in the late 1950s or early 60s

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Reynard the Fox, Drawing by Josef Wolf, Etching by Augustus H. Fox, 1853

"And he would tell his beads and seemed to pray. And smite his breast, and so pass on his way."

Steel engraving

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Ancient Rome Theatrical Masks AD 100-200 mosaic Musei Capitolini, Rome

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Grace Jones, painted by Keith Haring, 1984 - Ph. Robert Mapplethorpe

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Hendrik Goltzius (1558–1617): Titus Manlius à cheval (Titus Manlius on horseback) ; Object type: copper engraving print ; Description > English: drawing by Hendrick Goltzius (B 1954.07); Deutsch: Graphik von Hendrick Goltzius (B 1954.07); Français : dessin par Hendrick Goltzius (B 1954.07) ; Depicted people: Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus ; Date: circa 1586 ; Medium: on laid paper ; Dimensions (H/W): 16.9 x 11.2 in (430 x 285 mm) ; Collection: Augustiner Museum, Accession number: B 1954.07 (Augustiner Museum). Attribution: Städtische Museen Freiburg, Foto: Axel Killian

Hendrick Goltzius, Titus Manlius zu Pferde (Römische Helden, Blatt 7), um 1586, Augustinermuseum, B 1954.07, Foto: Axel Killian, CC BY 4.0

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si è svegliato anche lui 🌋

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Acropolis Museum

photo by Hilary Harley

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Charles François Daubigny - The Boat Studio, from The Boat Trip (1861)

[thecrankyprofessor]

I had read that he painted those dreamy riverscapes from a floating studio, but this is charming!

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Images from a 19th century cat book from Siam. Cats are identified by the lucky and unlucky effects they have on people.

Library of Congress

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I guess the bad-luck kitties didn't break out of the local market?