Stories
- Article
Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
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Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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You, a thousand years ago
Jack Hartnell argues that, if we were transported into the medieval past, we’d find ourselves somewhere different yet strangely familiar.
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Migraine, creativity and me
Novelist Lydia Ruffles explores how migraine has made her mind stretch, shrink, widen and change, and how it’s influenced her art.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Akiyoshidai International Art Village
Date: 2011-2019Reference: PP/LIZ/B/2Part of: Liz Atkin Archive- Pictures
Saint Paul the Hermit being fed by a raven. Oil painting by a Spanish painter.
Reference: 44790i- Pictures
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An apothecary (a man using pestle and mortar). Oil painting by a Spanish painter, 18th century.
Reference: 44594i- Books
The Mexican National Museum of Anthropology / Ignacio Bernal, Román Piña-Chán, Fernando Cámara-Barbachano; photographed by Irmgard Groth, translated from the Spanish by Carolyn B. Czitrom.
Bernal, Ignacio, 1910-1992.Date: 1968- Books
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An historical and critical account of the theatres in Europe. Viz. The Italian, Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, and German Theatres. In which is contain'd A review of the Manner, Persons and Character of the Actors; intermix'd with many Curious Dissertations upon the Drama. Together with two celebrated essays: viz. An essay on Action, or, The Art of Speaking in Public: And, A Comparison of the Ancient and Modern Drama. By the famous Lewis Riccoboni of the Italian Theatre at Paris. The Whole illustrated with Notes by the Author and Translator.
Riccoboni, Luigi, 1676-1753.Date: 1741