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Quipu in the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.. Quipu (/ ˈ k iː p uː / KEE-poo), also spelled khipu, are recording devices fashioned from knotted cords.They were historically used by various cultures in the central Andes of South America, most prominently by the Inca Empire.
The direction of the shadows in photos 280 and 281 of the cremation pits, taken in the West-South-West in relation to the shooting, and the August light, indicate that these photos were taken between 3 and 4 pm. [21] This suggests that it is the same transport photographed before and after the same gassing. [22]
The Casablanca-class escort carrier was a series of escort carriers constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. They are the most numerous class of aircraft carriers ever built. Fifty were laid down, launched and commissioned within the space of less than two years – 3 November 1942 through to 8 July 1944.
The photographs the unit produced were used as the basis for at least two contemporary books: Power In the Pacific – compiled by Steichen to accompany an exhibition by the same title at the Museum of Modern Art [4] The Blue Ghost – a record of Steichen's November 1943 tour on board the USS Lexington. [5]
The artists were creating sensō sakusen kirokuga, 戦争作戦記録画 ("war campaign documentary painting") for the government of Japan. [ 2 ] Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record events on the battlefield; [ 3 ] but there are many other types of artists depicting the ...
The prints were initially used as decoration in American parlours as well as for decoration within middle-class homes. They were prominent after the Civil War because of their low production costs and ability to be mass-produced, and because the methods allowed pictures to look more like hand-painted oil paintings. [9]
St Paul's Survives is a photograph taken in London during the night air raid of 29–30 December 1940, the 114th night of the Blitz of World War II. It shows St Paul's Cathedral , illuminated by fires and surrounded by the smoke of burning buildings.
According to Paul Fussell, pictures showing this type of activity, i.e. boiling human heads, "were taken (and preserved for a lifetime) because the Marines were proud of their success". [ 14 ] According to Weingartner, some of the U.S. marines who were about to take part in the Guadalcanal Campaign were looking forward to collecting Japanese ...