Planet Open Knowledge Women at Work during World War I
Adam Green - March 27, 2019 in factory, war, women at work in world war one, women in wartime, world war 1
Highlights from Imperial War Museum's collection of photographs showing women at work during World War I
You are browsing the archive for war.
Women at Work during World War I
Adam Green - March 27, 2019 in factory, war, women at work in world war one, women in wartime, world war 1
Highlights from Imperial War Museum's collection of photographs showing women at work during World War I
Vernon Lee’s Satan the Waster: Pacifism and the Avant-Garde
Adam Green - March 20, 2019 in anti-war, avant-garde, Drama, Literature, pacifism, satan, vernon lee, war, warfare, world war one
Part essay collection, part play, part macabre ballet, Satan the Waster: A Philosophic War Trilogy (1920) is one of Vernon Lee's most political and experimental works. Amanda Gagel explores this modernist masterpiece which lays siege to the patriotism plaguing Europe and offers a vision for its possible pacifist future.
The Book of the Homeless (1916)
Adam Green - January 9, 2018 in charity, edith wharton, first world war, homelessness, refugees, war
Collection of essays, art, poetry, and musical scores, edited by Edith Wharton, whose profits were used to fund civilians displaced by World War I.
The Civil War Sketches of Adolph Metzner (1861–64)
Adam Green - October 24, 2017 in 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry, Adolph Metzner, art, battle, camp life, civil war, death, war
Remarkable collection of sketches, drawings and watercolours left to us by Adolph Metzner, during his three years of service with the 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry.
The Civil War Sketches of Adolph Metzner (1861–64)
Adam Green - October 3, 2017 in 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry, Adolph Metzner, art, battle, camp life, civil war, death, war
Remarkable collection of sketches, drawings and watercolours left to us by Adolph Metzner, during his three years of service with the 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry.
The Civil War Sketches of Adolph Metzner (1861–64)
Adam Green - October 3, 2017 in 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry, Adolph Metzner, art, battle, camp life, civil war, death, war
Remarkable collection of sketches, drawings and watercolours left to us by Adolph Metzner, during his three years of service with the 1st German, 32nd Regiment Indiana Infantry.
The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
Adam Green - June 1, 2017 in combat, dagger, fencing, fighting, Fiore dei Liberi, guide, horses, how-to, Il Fior di Battaglia, knife, manual, swords, violence, war
15th-century how-to guide in the art of combat, including unarmed, with daggers, swords, poleaxes and on horseback.
The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
Adam Green - June 1, 2017 in combat, dagger, fencing, fighting, Fiore dei Liberi, guide, horses, how-to, Il Fior di Battaglia, knife, manual, swords, violence, war
15th-century how-to guide in the art of combat, including unarmed, with daggers, swords, poleaxes and on horseback.
The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
Adam Green - June 1, 2017 in combat, dagger, fencing, fighting, Fiore dei Liberi, Fiore Furlan dei Liberi da Premariacco, guide, horses, how-to, Il Fior di Battaglia, knife, manual, swords, violence, war
15th-century how-to guide in the art of combat, including unarmed, with daggers, swords, poleaxes and on horseback.