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Chapter of Imagined Communities

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Zhu Da, better known as Bada Shanren, was born into the Yiyang branch of the Ming imperial family in 1626, in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. His work ineradicably changed the course of the history of Chinese painting more than almost any other artist.…

Promotional poster for the Woodstock music festival, 1969

Arika Okrent, PhD’04, lists the reasons why the listicle is a popular literary form.

Large book on Astronomy, with hand-colored inserts, circa 1540.