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Frank Residence, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1939-1940: Exterior stone through main entrance; part of northwest elevation (1/2" and 1/4" = 1'0")
Landsberg (active mid-20th C.), American
Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969), German, born Berlin, Germany
Marcel Breuer (1902 - 1981), American, born Pecs, Hungary
Graphite on paper
1939-1940
harvardartmuseums.org/collecti
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

In one of my more provocative arts essays from 5AM STORYTALK, I get into the extraordinary story behind the making of Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece THE GREAT DICTATOR, the rise of what I call Cinema of Denial, and wonder if Hollywood is no longer fit for cultural purpose.

#film #movies #cinema #culture #art #Hollywood #filmmaking #independentfilm #climatechange #trump
 
colehaddon.substack.com/p/char

5AM StoryTalk · Charlie Chaplin and Hollywood's Forgotten Love Affair with HitlerBy Cole Haddon

An informative piece by a trans Texan :transpotion: for the Texas Observer, borrowing their choice of quote:

”Trans people are not a threat. We just want to exist and be left alone. Our dignity cannot be taken. But the #Texas Legislature is in danger of trading away its own.”

From April Maria Ortiz in 2023: Coming out in small town Texas ... texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans

#trans #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #Uvalde #TXlege #politics #USpol #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #news #culture

Link to post:

hachyderm.io/@TexasObserver@te

The Texas Observer · I Am a Trans TexanA state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.

Palermo, le carceri di Palazzo Steri Chiaramonte e il tribunale dell'inquisizione

Stasera su Rai Storia alle 20.30 si parlerà del Carcere di Palazzo Steri, utilizzato dall’inizio del ‘600 alla fine del ‘700 dall’inquisizione spagnola per imprigionare tutti i cittadini scomodi per la vita sociale, politica e soprattutto religiosa, dell’antica città di Palermo.

I graffiti riscoperti, durante il restauro del Palazzo, ci comunicano pensieri e stati d’animo struggenti, che arrivano a noi in modo diretto, opere realizzate nel buio per rimanere nel buio, che ci raccontano il dramma della prigionia più infame, perché spesso ingiusta.

Ne ho parlato sul mio blog:
https://www.panormus.blog/stories.php?key=il-carcere-inquisizione-a-palazzo-chiaramonte-steri

#palermo #panormus #sicilia #sicily #italia #italy #europe #world #picoftheday #picture #image #immagine #photo #photography #fotografia #storia #story #cultura #culture #arte #art #aspassoneltempo #aspassonellastoria #memorie #devozioni #credenze #popolari #tradizioni #castello #palazzo #carceri #inquisizione #dominazione #spagnola

”Trans people are not a threat. We just want to exist and be left alone. Our dignity cannot be taken. But the #Texas Legislature is in danger of trading away its own.”

From April Maria Ortiz in 2023: Coming out in small town Texas ... texasobserver.org/i-am-a-trans

#trans #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #Uvalde #TXlege #politics #USpol #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #news #culture

The Texas Observer · I Am a Trans TexanA state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.