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Timeline 1800-1899 now available, print & digital

Timeline 1800-1899 (The Integrated Timeline, book 2) is now available! Amazon print version (KDP ISBN 9798187547777) $62.00 Ingram print version (ISBN 9798240820236) $70.00 PDF (non-flowable ebook) via Gumroad: $20 Index (free download)…

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September 14, 2026

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Timeline 1700-1799 now available (print & digital)

You can also see this post on Substack. Timeline 1700-1799 (The Integrated Timeline, book 1) is now available! Amazon print version (ASIN B0FMK72MFL) $40.00 Ingram print version, via bookstores such as…

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September 3, 2025

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Ca’ d’Zan, part 4: third floor & Belvedere

For more on the Ca’ d’Zan, home of John and Mable Ringling, see this post, which includes photos of the ground floor. For the last two weeks we've seen the bedrooms…

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April 23, 2024

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Ca’ d’Zan, part 3: second floor, cont’d.

For more on the Ca' d'Zan, home of John and Mable Ringling, see this post, which includes photos of the ground floor. Last week's post had photos of John Ringling's…

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April 16, 2024

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Ca’ d’Zan, part 2: second floor

For more on the Ca' d'Zan, the Sarasota home of John and Mable Ringling, see this post. When I visited the Ca' d'Zan for the first time, the upper floors…

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April 9, 2024

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Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement, part 1

The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement is one of the newest museums in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida - it opened in 2021. It is privately funded by…

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March 27, 2024

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Frederic Edwin Church’s Olana, part 1

The video of this post is at https://youtu.be/djr9uBpextM. Olana is the home of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), one of the most prominent members of the Hudson River School. Like all…

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March 12, 2024

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Illustrations for Fiona Davis, Magnolia Palace, part 3

The first post in this series is here, the second here. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/RsQ_Sp_g1vE. Chapter 10 Millet, peasant woman sewing by lamplight: Millet, Woman…

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March 5, 2024

Read more about the article Illustrations for Fiona Davis, Magnolia Palace, part 2

Master IDC, Adoration of the Shepherds, late 16th or early 17th c. Leonard Limousin, Guy Chabot, Baron de Jarnac, 1540-1545. Leonard Limousin, Triumph of the Eucharist and the Catholic Faith, 1561-1562. Images: Frick Collection.

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Illustrations for Fiona Davis, Magnolia Palace, part 2

The first part in this series is here. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/7NaSVzSntjQ . Chapter 8 Fragonard Room, spaniel at feet of 2 lovers: The Progress…

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February 26, 2024

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Illustrations for Fiona Davis, The Magnolia Palace, part 1

As an art historian and long-time New Yorker, I loved Fiona Davis's The Magnolia Palace - partly because I when I read it, I could call to mind almost every…

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February 20, 2024