Stories by prismatic

“Gadget” denotes a different range of tools through the 20th century (2011)

An artist’s quixotic attempt to convince the New Yorker to embrace photography

Why has Italian cinema lost its appeal abroad?

The Odd History of Opposition to America's National Parks

Ancient Board Game Found in Looted China Tomb

Is it a Canaletto or a Bellotto? Don’t ask an art historian

When Disney Got Adult and Trippy

Understanding Why Shakespeare Made Othello a Moor

Emigrant City: NYPL Crowdsources Records of the Emigrant Savings Bank of NYC

The Kaleidoscope Craze in Victorian England

The Irreplaceable Carl Sagan (2014)

How Pantone Became a Global Authority on Color

Humans of New York and the Cavalier Consumption of Others

MIT Paleoclimate Study Reveals When the American West Dried Up

Can These Dry Bones Live?: The Necrotopology of the Churchyard

‘His Joy, His Life’: On Véra and Vladimir Nabokov

The Strange Beauty of Paleo Art

Bookplates: When Book Lovers Guarded Their Prized Possessions with Tiny Artworks

Bookplates: When Book Lovers Guarded Their Prized Possessions with Tiny Artworks

An 'Anarchist's' Plan to Reinvent the Historic House Museum

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